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EPISODE · Dec 16, 2012 · 24 MIN

HoP 107 - Practice Makes Perfect - Christian Asceticism

from History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps · host Peter Adamson

Christian ascetics like Antony, Macrina and Evagrius create a new ethical ideal by pushing the human capacity for self-control to its limits.

Christian ascetics like Antony, Macrina and Evagrius create a new ethical ideal by pushing the human capacity for self-control to its limits.

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