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Greek and Patristic philosophy and philosophy of religion

A text critical investigation into the fragments of Herakleitos and Parmenides. The research is about Platonic dialogues, Corpus Aristotelicum, Greek mythology and theories on medicine, as well as religious philosophical issues in Greek times and ecological and political thinking. Patristic philosophy focusses on issues of ancient thinking that are now being questioned: The validity of Plato's theory of Ideas; the relationship between humans and reality; theories on the nature and existence of God

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Papers in refereed, published conference proceedings

Gericke JD: 2001. Anatomy of Thinking , Faith and Science in early Greek philosophy. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Greek Philosophy. The Quest for Truth: Greek Philosophy and Epistemology (Vol 1), Ionia Publications, pp 71-88.