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