The Role of Philosophical Asceticism from Ancient Judaism to Late Antiquity
by
Ilaria L.E. Ramelli
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2016
Were slavery and social injustice leading to dire poverty in antiquity and late antiquity only regarded as normal, 'natural' (Aristotle), or at best something morally 'indifferent' (the Stoics), or, in the Christian milieu, a sad but inevitable consequence of the Fall, or even an expression of God's...