Miscellanies (Stromata) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781612034430)

Stromata was the third in the trilogy of Clement of Alexandria and continues with the individual cases of conduct began in Paedagogus. Protrepticus, the first in the trilogy, deals with the religious basis of Christian morality and lays a foundation in the knowledge of divine truth. Paedagogus, the second and Stromata, third with the individual cases of conduct. As with Epictetus, true virtue shows itself with him in its external evidences by a natural, simple, and moderate way of living. Titus Flavius Clemens, known as Clement of Alexandria, was a Christian theologian who taught at the Catechetical School of Alexandria. A convert to Christianity, he was an educated man who was familiar with classical Greek philosophy and literature. Clement was influenced by Hellenistic philosophy to a greater extent than any other Christian thinker of his time, and in particular by Plato and the Stoics.

Author: Clement of Alexandria
ISBN-10: 1612034438
ISBN-13: 9781612034430
Publisher: Bottom of the Hill Publishing
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2012
Pages: 380
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.44lbs
Size: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.78d