{"product_id":"aristotle-oedipus-and-greek-religion-louis-f-groarke-9780776642420","title":"Aristotle, Oedipus, and Greek Religion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAristotle, Oedipus, and Greek Religion\u003c\/i\u003e explores an important religious side to ancient Aristotelianism that has an impact on contemporary philosophical debates. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLouis F. Groarke shows how an exegetical perspective open to and respectful of Greek Pagan religion allows readers to discover a remarkably different Aristotle than the one to which we have grown accustomed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo begin with, one must discover what Aristotle (and his school) taught, not by examining isolated passages, but by getting a sense of his philosophy as a whole. One has to make sense of the circumstantial evidence and carefully piece together a coherent technical case for the overall argument. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn each chapter, Groarke considers another aspect of Aristotelian thought; this is in opposition to mainstream opinion which often describes Aristotle as a secret atheist, an agnostic, or as something akin to a modern-day positivist or a reductionist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author goes on to show that Aristotle valued religious practice on a personal and social level, that his metaphysics are marked by intimations of the divine, that he provides an epistemological space for both science and religion, that his account of Greek tragedy has an inalienable moral and religious side, and that his account of the origins of cognition is not so far removed from religious scripture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAristotle, Oedipus, and Greek Religion\u003c\/i\u003e is an analysis of universal themes from the viewpoint of an enormously influential ancient thinker, and an adventure into the history of ideas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Louis F. Groarke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0776642421\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780776642420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Ottawa Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Louis F. Groarke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46867197460735,"sku":"9780776642420","price":41.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_47321fb8-7caa-48b1-be60-8f903d9d1200.jpg?v=1747454149","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/aristotle-oedipus-and-greek-religion-louis-f-groarke-9780776642420","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}