In Late Antiquity, from the 2nd to the 4th century AD, pagan auctores inspired by Plato's philosophy and Greek-Roman culture, even if belonging to eastern civilization, established a frame of considerations on the value, if not on the ‘truth’, of the "barbaric philosophies" in relation to the Greek-roman culture and to its philosophical and religious acquisitions. A comparative study of their positions allows to enlighten, along with the aspects of continuity and innovation that characterize the different stages of this thematic area, a dialectic between the legitimacy of the plurality of ethnic and national circum- Mediterranean religious traditions, including the Jewish ones on one hand, and, on the other hand, to overcome the tension in the direction of the same, still problematic, universal perspective.
Cerutti, M. V., 'La via' o 'le vie'? Tra identità nazionali e prospettive universalistiche nel paganesimo tardoantico, in Sfameni Gasparro, G., Monaca, M., Cosentino, A. (ed.), Religion in the History of European Culture. Proceedings of the 9th EASR Annual Conference and IAHR Special Conference, 14-17 September 2009, Messina (Italy), Officina di Studi Medievali, Palermo 2013: 889- 910 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/43928]
'La via' o 'le vie'? Tra identità nazionali e prospettive universalistiche nel paganesimo tardoantico
Cerutti, Maria Vittoria
2013
Abstract
In Late Antiquity, from the 2nd to the 4th century AD, pagan auctores inspired by Plato's philosophy and Greek-Roman culture, even if belonging to eastern civilization, established a frame of considerations on the value, if not on the ‘truth’, of the "barbaric philosophies" in relation to the Greek-roman culture and to its philosophical and religious acquisitions. A comparative study of their positions allows to enlighten, along with the aspects of continuity and innovation that characterize the different stages of this thematic area, a dialectic between the legitimacy of the plurality of ethnic and national circum- Mediterranean religious traditions, including the Jewish ones on one hand, and, on the other hand, to overcome the tension in the direction of the same, still problematic, universal perspective.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.