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Roman Christianity and Roman Stoicism : a comparative study of ancient morality /

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"Christianity is commonly held to have introduced an entirely new and better morality into the ancient world, a new morality that was decidedly universal, in contrast to the ethics of the philosophical schools which were only concerned with the intellectual few. Runar M. Thorsteinsson presents...

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Main Author: Thorsteinsson, Runar M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Stoics.
Ethics, Ancient.
Église > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Stoïcisme.
Morale ancienne.
stoicism.
PHILOSOPHY > Social.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Church history > Primitive and early church
Ethics, Ancient
Stoics
30-600
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Moral teaching in Roman Stoicism. Introduction to Roman Stoicism ; Lucuius Annaeus Seneca ; Gaius Musonius Rufus ; Epictetus
  • Part II. Moral teaching in Roman Christianity. Introduction to Roman Christianity ; Paul's letter to the Romans ; The first letter to Peter ; The first letter of Clement
  • Part III. Roman Christianity and Roman stoicism : a comparison. Moral teachings compared ; Ethical scope compared.