3 - Created In Our Image: Xenophanes Against Greek Religion
Posted on 27 December 2010
In this episode, Peter talks about the Greek gods in Homer and Hesiod, and the criticism of the poets by the Presocratic philosopher Xenophanes.
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Further Reading:
J.H. Lesher, Xenophanes of Colophon: Fragments: A Text and Translation with Commentary (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992).
E. Mogyoródi, “Xenophanes as Philosopher: Theology and Theodicy,” in A. Laks and C. Louguet (eds), Que-est-ce que la philosophie Présocratique? (Lille: Sepentrion, 2002), 253-86.
M. Schofield, “The Ionians” in C.C.W. Taylor, Routledge History of Philosophy vol.1 (London: Routledge, 1997), 47–87.
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Was Xenophanes the first monotheist in Greece?
Did he draw any inspiration from other monotheists, like "the J writer" in Israel, or Akhenaten in Egypt?