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The question of the power of the gods, especially as it relates to a more or less abstract fate, has been considered and discussed many times, in different cultures and contexts, by priests, philosophical schools, and in the course of various cults. To this was later added the question of the free...

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Publicado en:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/mythos,
Autor principal: Begemann, Elisabeth
Formato: Article ou chapitre numérique
Lenguaje:Anglais
Publicado: Mythos 2019
Acceso en línea:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sumario:The question of the power of the gods, especially as it relates to a more or less abstract fate, has been considered and discussed many times, in different cultures and contexts, by priests, philosophical schools, and in the course of various cults. To this was later added the question of the free will of human beings. Indeed, we look back on a long tradition of literature over a wide range of cultures that wonders about human possibility, the inevitability of fate, the inexplicability of ev...