Gods, heroes, saints, and friends: ethical exemplarism and practical paideia in Gregory Nazianzen and his peers

In this thesis I analyse the uses of ethical exemplarism in Gregory of Nazianzus and several of his contemporaries: his friends and Cappadocian compatriots, Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nyssa, and Emperor Julian the Apostate. I begin by surveying a selection of their writings and those of other...

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Main Author: Lapsa, BM
Other Authors: McLynn, N
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2023
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