{"product_id":"the-stoic-origins-of-erasmus-philosophy-of-christ-hardback-9781487500610","title":"The Stoic Origins of Erasmus' Philosophy of Christ (Hardback) 9781487500610","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Stoic Origins of Erasmus' Philosophy of Christ\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRoss Dealy (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487500610\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 4 January 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e424 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.76 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x2018;This meticulous study of 16th century thinking can be dense, but the picture of Erasmus that emerges will prove worth the effort.\u0026amp;#x2019;\u003c\/p\u003e - D.A. Brown (Choice Magazine vol 55:01:2017) \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Stoic Origins of Erasmus\u0026amp;#x2019; Philosophy of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e contains many interesting ideas, which Dealy presents in an engaging way and is a welcome addition to the literature. \"\u003c\/p\u003e - George Lazaroiu (Sixteenth Century Journal vol. 49, no. 1 2018) \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Stoic Origins of Erasmus\u0026amp;#x2019; Philosophy of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e is a challenging and thought-provoking book. It is a book that goes to the heart of the philosophical subject matter that is everywhere apparent in Erasmus\u0026amp;#x2019;s writings, but hardly ever studied in serious ways.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Han van Ruler, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (Renaissance Quarterly, vol 71 4, Winter 2018) \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Stoic Origins of Erasmus\u0026amp;#x2019; Philosophy of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e makes an important contribution to Erasmus scholarship through a close reading of two of Erasmus\u0026amp;#x2019; early works that are rarely considered alongside one another, the \u003ci\u003eDe taedio Iesu\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eEnchiridion\u003c\/i\u003e, in an attempt to trace their considerable Stoic elements.\"v\u003c\/p\u003e - Kirk Essary, University of Western Australia (Erasmus Studies, vol 39)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis original and provocative engagement with Erasmus\u0026amp;#x2019; work argues that the Dutch humanist discovered in classical Stoicism several principles which he developed into a paradigm-shifting application of Stoicism to Christianity. Ross Dealy offers novel readings of some lesser and well-known Erasmian texts and presents a detailed discussion of the reception of Stoicism in the Renaissance. In a considered interpretation of Erasmus\u0026amp;#x2019; \u003ci\u003eDe taedio Iesu\u003c\/i\u003e, Dealy clearly shows the two-dimensional Stoic elements in Erasmus\u0026amp;#x2019; thought from an early time onward. Erasmus\u0026amp;#x2019; genuinely philosophical disposition is evidenced in an analysis of his edition of Cicero\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003ci\u003eDe officiis\u003c\/i\u003e. Building on stoicism Erasmus shows that Christ\u0026amp;#x2019;s suffering in Gethsemane was not about the triumph of spirit over flesh but about the simultaneous workings of two opposite but equally essential types of value: on the one side spirit and on the other involuntary and intractable natural instincts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Philosophy Beneath The Rhetoric\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart I\u003cbr\u003eThe Fifteenth-Century Background\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Ii \u003cbr\u003eErasmus\u0026amp;#x2019; Two-Dimensional Stoicism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Iii\u003cbr\u003eStoic Natural Instinct and Christ\u0026amp;#x2019;s Fear of Death, \u003ci\u003eDe Taedio Iesu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Iv \u003cbr\u003eLarger Philosophical Issues\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart V \u003cbr\u003eCorrecting a Thousand Years of Christology\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Vi \u003cbr\u003eBeyond Devotionalist Assumptions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Vii\u003cbr\u003eSpiritual Warfare\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595448447256,"sku":"9781487500610","price":53.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-stoic-origins-of-erasmus-philosophy-of-christ-hardback-9781487500610","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}