Autorytet Seneki w argumentacji wczesnochrześcijańskiej
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2012
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Wydawnictwo Poznańskiego Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Nauk
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The Authority of Seneca in the Early Christian Argumentation
Abstract
The paper deals with the authority of Seneca employed by the eminent early Christian writers in their apologetic
as well as polemical works.
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The analysis of the quotations from the works of this famous Roman philosopher and also some hints to
them with a declaration of their authorship leads to the conclusion that his authority exceeded in the world of
Christian literature far beyond the sphere of similarities between Stoic and Christian ethics. The early Church
authors refer to Seneca almost exclusively in the dispute with the well educated opponents of Christianity who
based their critics on the philosophical, very often Stoic tradition. Seneca is regarded in the circle of Christian
Latin writers as the most important and almost obvious philosophical authority. Quoting his words in support
of the arguments concerning various theological issues used to enhance the position in the debate.
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Seneca, Tertulian, Laktancjusz, Hieronim, Augustyn, retoryka, argumentacja
Citation
Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium, 2012, nr XXII/2, s. 49-60
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978-83-7654-139-6