Epicurus

In Giuseppe Veltri (ed.), Encyclopedia of Scepticism and Jewish Tradition. Brill (forthcoming)
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Encyclopedia entry on Epicurus' theology. It considers the negative side of Epicurean theology and its basis in their physics, the Epicureans’ positive view of the nature of the gods and how they use it to critique popular religion, and the psychological benefits that they claim result from having correct views about the gods.

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Creationism and its Critics in Antiquity.David Sedley - 2007 - University of California Press.
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