Reviews for The Concept of God (Oxford Readings in Philosophy)

The average rating for The Concept of God (Oxford Readings in Philosophy) based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-02-21 00:00:00 Elizabeth Fey Were the ancient Greek philosophers really just bumbling along in their attempts to create some sense out of their world? Did their crude attempts at thought evolve into what we now know and revere as "the scientific method"? In Ancient Philosophy, Mystery and Magic, Peter Kingsley shows us that the general understanding of these ancient thinkers is flat wrong. The Meaning of Life, and not our modern notions of science and logic, lies at the very heart of the efforts of the most well-known of these thinkers. In my book, A Game, I argue that even Plato was dedicated to the pursuit of these great questions, and not simply to trying to define basic concepts, design the perfect form of government or concoct logical puzzles. APMM is a book that redefines philosophy and its history.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-08-15 00:00:00 David Killough Kingsley looks at recent archaeological discoveries in the Mediterranean and examines their implications on the body of academic philosophy that has built up over the last couple of millenia. This book, while fascinating, is written for an academic audience. Kingsley dots every "i" and crosses every "t" in the way that PhDs must do when trying convince each other of the validity of a thesis.