Philosophy

Dealing with illness has always played an important role in the history of Christianity. In contrast though, current Protestant theology is clearly uneasy with the issue. In light of this, Thorsten Moos undertakes a comprehensive systematic-theological study of the fundamental problems of dealing with illness.

This volume focuses on a major theme running through Plato's writings: the nature and essence of time. Above all in Timaeus but also in other philosophical dialogues, Plato explores this theme and ponders how and whether time came into being. The contributions gathered here take a variety of philosophical and cosmological approaches, covering both ontological and ethical issues. Different stages of the philosophical reception and (critical) examination of Plato's conception of time are likewise discussed, with authors such as Philon of Alexandria, Plutarch, Numenius, Origen, Plotinus, Augustine, to the late qntique Neoplatonist Proclus encountered along the way.

Can we be free if there are truths about the future, if there is an omniscient God or if the laws of nature are deterministic? Marco Hausmann pursues these questions by analyzing one of the most influential arguments in the current debate: the consequence argument.

This volume brings together senior and junior scholars from across the globe to revisit the question of myth in the history of philosophy. They explore the structure of mythical symbolism and the problem of the meaning of myth.