UID:
almafu_9959228361202883
Format:
1 online resource (343 p.)
ISBN:
0-300-18210-4
Content:
In this groundbreaking, cross-disciplinary work of philosophy and biblical studies, New Testament scholar C. Kavin Rowe explores the promise and problems inherent in engaging rival philosophical claims to what is true. Juxtaposing the Roman Stoics Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius with the Christian saints Paul, Luke, and Justin Martyr, and incorporating the contemporary views of Jeffrey Stout, Alasdair McIntyre, Charles Taylor, Martha Nussbaum, Pierre Hadot, and others, the author suggests that in a world of religious pluralism there is negligible gain in sampling from separate belief systems. This thought-provoking volume reconceives the relationship between ancient philosophy and emergent Christianity as a rivalry between strong traditions of life and offers powerful arguments for the exclusive commitment to a community of belief and a particular form of philosophical life as the path to existential truth.
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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Introduction --
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Part One --
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1. Seneca --
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2. Epictetus --
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3. Marcus Aurelius --
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Part Two --
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4. St. Paul --
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5. St. Luke --
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6. St. Justin Martyr --
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Part Three --
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7. Can We Comp are? --
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8. Traditions in Juxtaposition --
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9. The Argument of Rival Traditions --
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Appendix: Object ions and Replies --
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Notes --
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Select Bibliography --
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Index
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-300-18012-8
Language:
English
DOI:
10.12987/9780300182101
