Fate, Freedom, and Happiness: Clement and Alexander on the Dignity of Human Responsibility

Daniel Robinson

Published by Gorgias Press 2019

Fate, Freedom, and Happiness

Clement and Alexander on the Dignity of Human Responsibility

Daniel Robinson

https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463239855

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In what particular manner human beings are free moral agents and to what extent they can reasonably expect to attain a good life are two intertwined questions that rose to prominence in antiquity and have remained so to the present day. This book analyzes and compares the approaches of two significant authors from different schools at the turn of the third century CE, Alexander of Aphrodisias and Clement of Alexandria. These contemporaries utilize their respective Peripatetic and Christian commitments in their employment of the shared Greek classics toward these shared ethical questions.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
TABLE OF CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
ABBREVIATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
CHAPTER ONE. INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER TWO. THE HELLENISTIC BACKGROUND Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
CHAPTER THREE. A MONISTIC THEODICY: THE BIBLICAL PLATONISM OF PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA (25 BCE – 50 CE) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
CHAPTER FOUR. A DUALISTIC THEODICY: THE MIDDLEPLATONISM OF PLUTARCH OF CHAERONEA (46–120 CE) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
CHAPTER FIVE. ALEXANDER’S PRECEDENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
CHAPTER SIX. ANALYSIS OF THE DE FATO Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
CHAPTER SEVEN. INDETERMINIST DELIBERATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
CHAPTER EIGHT. CLEMENT’S RHETORICAL STRATEGY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
CHAPTER NINE. CLEMENT’S PHILOSOPHICAL ARGUMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
CHAPTER TEN. CONCLUSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313

Language: English
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Audience: College/higher education;
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Published: October 21, 2019
ISBN: 9781463239855