Richard Janko, “The Derveni Papyrus” (Open Agenda, 2021)
New Books in Science, Technology, and Society
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The Definition of Atheism
i think diagoras, rather than be an atheist, was actually trying to explain the traditional religion in terms of a these scientific theories. And sot. What we've got in the papyrus is an explanation of traditional religious practices and theories about ar the what happens in the underworld after we die. But according to the devaning papyrus, thes sinsyou're all equivalent, that's right. So this is where the definition of atheism comes in.
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