The Stoic Origins of Erasmus' Philosophy of Christ

by Ross Dealy

This original and provocative engagement with Erasmus' 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' De taedio Iesu,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487500610
• ISBN13: 9781487500610
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher