Human Dignity in the Latin Reception of Origen - Couverture souple

Contini, Sara

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3161627733 ISBN 13 : 9783161627736

Editeur : Mohr Siebeck, 2023

Synopsis

Sara Contini assesses the meanings attributed to the term dignitas ("dignity") in the Latin translations of Origen of Alexandria, as well as in other Latin Christian texts of the 4th century which, to different degrees, show the reception of Origen's views on the creation of the human being according to the image of God. Authors like Rufinus, Jerome, or Hilary of Poitiers are the first Latin writers to employ the term dignitas to denote the universal potential of humans as rational and free beings. The contribution offered by these authors to the history of the idea of human dignity was, based on Origen's notion of the universal reach of God's love, to problematise the elitism and individualism associated with Classical views on dignitas , and thus to frame the traditional understanding of dignity as rank in a new egalitarian perspective.

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À propos de l'auteur

Born 1993; 2022 PhD in Classics at the University of Bristol; Fritz Thyssen Foundation postdoctoral fellow at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mohr Siebeck
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3161627733
• ISBN 13: 9783161627736
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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