Reviews for Was Greek thought religious?

The average rating for Was Greek thought religious? based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-02-22 00:00:00 Michelle E Menard This is a very good survey of and commentary on the presence of religious forms of thought in recent European philosophy. It is inspired and guided by the later work of Jacques Derrida. The introduction is in fact, for the most part, a close reading of Derrida's most important text in this regard, titled "Faith and Knowledge." Derrida has been concerned to show that the modern philosophical ideal of autonomous reason has always been just that, an unrealizable ideal which proceeds by abstracting from religion and other forms of narrative discourse. de Vries takes this as a cue and shows in more detail what Derrida really only illustrates, looking especially at the influence of negative theology, apocalyptic thought, and other mystical traditions in recent philosophy. The section on the profound effect of Heidegger's early study of Pauline apocalyptic texts is very important, I think, for understanding Heidegger's work and his larger project as a whole, which I believe deserves to be characterized as a "Marcionite" project, after the early Christian heterodox thinker Marcion, who rejected most all of apostolic Christianity and its catholic successor in favor of a few snipets from Paul interpreted by the light of his own prophetic authority.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-09-04 00:00:00 Lee Pitts ehhhh.