God and Cosmos in Stoicism [Hardcover]

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.

Introduction: God and Cosmos in Stoicism,Ricardo Salles, Universidad Nacional Aut?noma de M?xico

Part I: God, providence, and fate

Chapter 1 How industrious can Zeus be? The extent and objects of divine activity in Stoicism,Thomas B?natou?l, Universit? de Nancy
Chapter 2 The Stoics on matter and prime-matter: corporealism and the imprint of Plato's Timaeus,Jean-Baptiste Gourinat, Sorbonne, Paris
Chapter 3 Chain of causes: what is Stoic Fate?Susan Sauv? Meyer, University of Pennsylvania

Part II: Elements, cosmogony and conflagration

Chapter 4 Chrysippus on Physical Elements,John Cooper, Princeton University
Chapter 5 Chrysippus on conflagration and the indestructibility of the cosmos,Ricardo Salles, Universidad Nacional Aut?noma de M?xico
Chapter 6 Stoic Themes in Peripatetic physics?Inna Kupreeva, University of Edinburgh

Part III: The ethics and religion of Stoic cosmo-theology

Chapter 7 Does cosmic nature matter? Some reflections on the cosmological aspects of Stoic ethics,Marcelo Boeri, Universidad de los Andes, Santiago, Chile
Chapter 8 Why Physics?Brad Inwood, University of Toronto
Chapter 9 Stoic Philosophil$