Deus ex Metaphora: Gods of the Philosophers and Their Functions

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

“Would you trust God if he was undefined?” asked Elias Canetti. The work Deus ex Metaphora ponders why philosophers have created new and undefined concepts of divinity alongside the religious ones, and why they became hard to reconcile with religious traditions.Nameless formulas created a new story of the divine. Despite the family resemblances, they have created a separate branch of images of divinity, in line with philosophy’s claims to universal, independent explanations. In this analysis of metaphors of the divine, referring to the metaphorology of Hans Blumenberg and historical semantics, the concept of the God of the philosophers becomes clear and distinct.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-08-21
Mått:155 x 235 x 30 mm
Vikt:768 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Philosophy of Religion - World Religions
Antal sidor:380
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004735934

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Stefan Klemczak is a philosopher and independent researcher at the Institute of Religious Studies, Faculty of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University. He is interested in philosophical anthropology, philosophy of history and philosophy of religion. Recently, he published an article dedicated to the connections between biografistic and philosophical anthropology On What Remains of a Life. Of Biography Writing and Its Significance (Babelonline, Vol. 9, 2022); he is working on book on the question.

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionPart 1: What Does the Complex Concept of the God of the Philosophers Mean?1 The God of the Philosophers as a SubcontractorPart 2: Methods and Premises2 Metaphors and Things3 Homo Mentiens4 Epochal Thresholds and the Theory of ReceptionPart 3: Histories5 Ancient Models of the Concept of the God of the Philosophers6 A God of Unlimited Possibilities7 The Consequences of the Copernican Revolution8 The Deist Turning Point9 Geist—Concepts of Divinity and History10 “The God of Whom Thought Can Think”11 ReplacementsConclusion: The Metamorphoses of the God of the PhilosophersBibliographyIndex