Evil--freedom--and the road to perfection in Clement of Alexandria /
This study deals with Clement of Alexandria's interpretation of evil and free will in the context of the rising Christianity, the influence of Near Eastern and Greek thought on him, his differences from St. Augustine, and how his interpretation affected the rise of the Eastern Christian thought...
المؤلف الرئيسي:
التنسيق: كتاب الكتروني
اللغة: English
منشور في:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill.
c1998.
سلاسل:
Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements
43.
Vigiliae Christianae Supplements Online, ISBN: 9789004308961.
الموضوعات:
الوصول للمادة أونلاين: Login to view Source
الوسوم: إضافة وسم
رقم الطلب: BT160 .K37 1998
| الملخص: | This study deals with Clement of Alexandria's interpretation of evil and free will in the context of the rising Christianity, the influence of Near Eastern and Greek thought on him, his differences from St. Augustine, and how his interpretation affected the rise of the Eastern Christian thought. The book also treats briefly the subject of man's personal aim in life perceived by Clement as the supersession of his nature. Failure to realize this personal aim in life leads to alienation from God, and death. The moral dilemma of Clement's interpretation of evil as failure of life's aim is not a conventional explanation of good and evil but something much more: the option between real life and death. Consequently, Clement's idea of evil refers to existential problems and ontological realities. |
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| وصف مادي: | 1 online resource (xii, 192 pages) |
| بيبلوغرافيا: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-186) and index. |
| ردمك: | 9789004313101 |
| تدمد: | 0920-623X ; |
| وصول: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |