| Description |
1 online resource (x, 200 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Socrates and Jesus -- The historical Socrates -- The Socrates legend -- The historical Jesus -- The Jesus legend -- The argument between Socrates and Jesus -- Socrates and Jesus fight for the Roman Empire -- Socrates and Jesus in the Middle Ages -- Socrates, Jesus, and the Renaissance -- The resurgence of agape during the Protestant Reformation -- Reason and nightmare : the Enlightenment -- Romanticism -- The twentieth century -- Conclusion -- Afterword. |
| Summary |
This book argues that the uniquely dynamic and propulsive character of Western Civilization, for better and worse, has been generated by a creative argument between the Socratic Greek rationalist tradition and the Judeo?Christian tradition best personified by Jesus. and br / and br /Socrates and Jesus both promoted a disinterest in material things, attempted to define the moral life, and died martyrs. But this essay analyzes their opposing definitions of the ultimate or the divine, their radically conflicting views of love and reason, their understanding of civil society and the role of laws, their ep. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
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Socrates.
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Jesus Christ.
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Jesus Christ. (OCoLC)fst00040116
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Socrates. (OCoLC)fst00035600
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Philosophy -- History.
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Philosophy and religion.
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HISTORY -- World.
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Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst01060777
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Philosophy and religion. (OCoLC)fst01060826
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hattersley, Michael E. Socrates and Jesus. New York : Algora Pub., ©2009 9780875867298 0875867294 (DLC) 2009021822 (OCoLC)373474693 |
| ISBN |
9780875867311 (electronic bk.) |
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0875867316 (electronic bk.) |
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