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Görög teológia a Scipio-körben
Greek Theology in the Scipionic Circle

Author(s): Gergely Mohay
Subject(s): Philosophy, Ancient World, Theology and Religion, Ancient Philosphy, History of Religion
Published by: Károli Gáspár Református Egyetem

Summary/Abstract: Some members of the Scipionic circle have a common theological theme: it concerns the features of chance or luck and the correct behaviour towards it. There is a marked difference between how members of the Scipionic circle and Romans before the 2nd century BC conceived of casus/ fortuna/tyche. It is possible that this important Greek theme found its way to Rome through the Scipionic circle. In order to confirm this hypothesis, I first reconstructed all the theologically relevant notions of the two Greek members of the circle, i.e. Panaetius and Polybius. Then I investigated the theological concepts of the Roman members of the circle.

  • Issue Year: VIII/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 74-91
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Hungarian