John Chrysostom on Pagan Euergetism: A Reading of the First Part of De inani gloria et de educandis liberis
This article deals with the neglected first section of John Chrysostom’s De inani gloria et de educandis liberis (paragraphs 1-15; SC 188, 64-96), where John launches an interesting attack against the pagan euergetic system. His different argumentative moves are systematically analysed and a careful...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brepols
2014
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Sacris erudiri
Year: 2014, Volume: 53, Pages: 147-169 |
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| Summary: | This article deals with the neglected first section of John Chrysostom’s De inani gloria et de educandis liberis (paragraphs 1-15; SC 188, 64-96), where John launches an interesting attack against the pagan euergetic system. His different argumentative moves are systematically analysed and a careful confrontation with critical pagan sources helps in laying bare the strategic bias of his arguments. Such a confrontation shows that the motivation of the pagan euergetēs was in all likelihood often more honourable than John suggests, that his approach was more considerate, and his results less ephemeral. John’s description and discussion of the euergetic system, then, should be understood against the background of his own Christian perspective. |
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| ISSN: | 2295-9025 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sacris erudiri
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1484/J.SE.5.103642 |