Deus ex metaphora gods of the philosophers and their functions / by Stefan Klemczak ; translated by Soren Gauger.
| Author/creator | Klemczak, Stefan |
| Other author | Gauger, Soren A., 1975 |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2025] |
| Description | pages cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Deus ex metaphora. English http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/4a02f6c0-373c-a535-1ab8-892e691e3df2 |
| Series | Philosophy of religion : world religions, 2210-481X ; volume 11 |
| Abstract | ""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 distinc"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | "Revised from the Polish edition: Klemczak, Stefan. Deus ex metaphora. Bog filozofow i jego funkcje. Krakow: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego, 2019"--Colophon. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2025023059 |
| ISBN | 9789004735934 hardback |
| ISBN | ebook |
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