This is a collective study, in nine new essays, of the close connection between theology and cosmology in Stoic philosophy. The Stoic god is best described as the single active physical principle that governs the whole cosmos. The first part of the book covers three essential topics in Stoic theology: the active and demiurgical character of god, his corporeal nature and irreducibility to matter, and fate as the network of causes through which god acts upon the cosmos. The second part turns to Stoic cosmology, and how it relates to other cosmologies of the time. The third part examines the ethical and religious consequences of the Stoic theories of god and cosmos.
Contributors
Keimpe Algra, University of Utrecht
Thomas Bénatouïl, Université de Nancy
Marcelo Boeri, Universidad de los Andes
John Cooper, Princeton University
Jean-Baptiste Gourinat, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Bran Inwood, University of Toronto
Inna Kupreeva, University of Edinburgh
Susan Sauvé Meyer, University of Pennsylvania
Ricardo Salles, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
