The Stoic Origins of Erasmus' Philosophy of Christ / Ross Dealy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dealy, Ross, author.

Series:

Erasmus Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536--Criticism and interpretation.

Erasmus, Desiderius.

Stoics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (420 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"This study focuses on Erasmus' two-dimensional grasp of Stoicism evident in his edition of De officiis (1501) and the huge implications he saw for religion. The author argues that "The Philosophy of Christ' for which Erasmus is famous is a Christian version of Stoicism."-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction: A Philosophy beneath the Rhetoric; Part I: The Fifteenth-Century Background: One-Dimensional Stoicism within Either/Or Mindsets; Part II: Erasmus' Two-Dimensional Stoicism; 1 Building Blocks of De taedio Iesu, 1499-1501, and the Enchiridion, 1503; 2 Distinguishing Stoic Meanings: Erasmus' Edition of De officiis, 1501; 3 The Applicability of De officiis; 4 What Had Drawn Erasmus to Stoicism? A Resolution of Bodily and Mental Issues; Part III: Stoic Natural Instinct and Christ's Fear of Death, De taedio Iesu.

1 Oikeiosis, Inborn Character Traits, and True Bravery2 Versus Origen: The Soul Is Neither Flesh Nor Spirit; 3 Unbending Principles, but Not "Alacritas"; Part IV: Larger Philosophical Issues; 1 Objections of Orthodox Stoics: Colet becomes "Colet"; 2 "My Stoics": Terror from Phantasiai or Natural Instinct?; 3 Christ in Gethsemane and the Stoic in the Typhoon; Part V: Correcting a Thousand Years of Christology; 1 Pre-Emotion versus Emotion: From Seneca, Origen, and Jerome to Peter Lombard, Bonaventure, and Aquinas; 2 Emotion versus Pre-Emotion: Correcting Bonaventure.

Part VI: Beyond Devotionalist AssumptionsPart VII: Spiritual Warfare: Christianizing Katorthoma/Kathekon: The Enchiridion militis christiani; 1 Correcting Origen on Indifferentia; 2 Correcting Origen and Socrates on the Origins of Human Diversity; 3 Not Flesh/Spirit but Indifferens/Spirit; 4 A New Type of Warfare: Syncretizing Two Opposite Types of Value; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed Feb. 24, 2017)

ISBN:

9781487511463

1487511469

9781487511456

1487511450

OCLC:

970693959