Subversive virtue : asceticism and authority in the second-century pagan world
1995, 1st edition. University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #389491
ISBN: 0271013044
Physical description: xviii, 222 pages. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-212) and index. Contents: Stoicism: setting the norm -- Marcus Aurelius: rational ascetism and social conservatism -- Lucian: ascetics as enemies of culture -- Apollonius of Tyana: the rehabilitated ascetic -- Celsus: christians, ascetics, and rebels -- Ascetics and holy men: conflict, change, and continuity. Subjects: Lucian; Celsus, Aulus Cornelius; Aurelius, Marcus Emperor of Rome; Ascetics Rome; Metaphysics; HISTORY Ancient General; Ethics, Ancient; Asceticism History; Stoics; Rome Civilization.
Price: €60.00