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In the image of Origen : eros, virtue, and constraint in the early Christian academy /

"The most prominent Christian theologian and exegete of the third century, Origen was also an influential teacher. In the famed Thanksgiving Address, one of his students--often thought to be Gregory Thaumaturgus, later bishop of Cappadocia--delivered an emotionally charged account of his tutela...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Satran, David (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Series:Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
Transformation of the classical heritage ; 58.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Providence, eros and constraint
  • Dialectic and the training of the mind
  • Moral formation and the path to scripture
  • Paradise and the cave
  • Paideia, loss and prospect
  • Appendix : the Thanksgiving Address to Origen.