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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Epictetus"”.
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Epictetus on speech: The argument
… text, translation and running commentary on Epictetus II.23 which is entitled On the faculty of speech. In this diatribe, Epictetus discusses the proper role of speech, rhetoric and logic in the philosophical life. The commentary attempts to elucidate Epictetus' views, to show how he himself …
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Hypocrisy in Rival Traditions: A Dialogue Between Matthew and Epictetus
… between the rival traditions of Matthew and Epictetus reveal about Matthew’s concept of hypocrisy? I argue that a dialogical comparison between Matthew and Epictetus on hypocrisy and its function within their rival traditions accentuates similarities such as the errors of inconsistency, …
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Honourable subordination: reading 1 Peter in the light of contemporary Graeco-Roman texts
… Graeco-Roman authors including Dio, Plutarch, Epictetus and Josephus, as well as popular morality sayings that circulated widely across the Roman Empire during this period. Through a comparative analysis of the Petrine text and the contemporary materials, we seek to assess how the Petrine …
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Roles and the ethical life.
… (as interpreted by Roger Ames and some others), Epictetus' role ethics (as interpreted by Brian Johnson), Sarah Harper's rolecentered morality and Jeremy Evans' role ethics. They are my primary interlocutors as I develop and defend an alternative approach to understanding, examining and guiding …
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The Contemplation of the Transcendent Heart: Tracing the ἡγεμονικόν from the Stoics to Origen
… movement is established upon a distinctly Epictetus-inspired interpretation of Stoicism; this is particularly true in the light of Origen’s use of the key term dogma. The third chapter is a word-study of ‘governing faculty’. Here, we observe, in greater detail, the way in which the …
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Studies in the Ancient Reception of Seneca the Younger
… philosophical authors in both Greek and Latin (Epictetus, Plutarch, Dio Chrysostom, and Marcus Aurelius).