“Such examination as we have been able to make of this very complete commentary has gone to show the genuinely critical spirit in which it has been put together.”
| + + | Spec. 99: sup. 465. O. 5, ’07. 330w. |
Alston, Leonard. Stoic and Christian in the second century: a comparison of the ethical teaching of Marcus Aurelius with that of contemporary and antecedent Christianity. *$1. Longmans.
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A scientific, judicial and scholarly treatment. The following are the ethical questions concerning which the two doctrines are compared: Man as a rational and social being. The intellectual virtues. The lower and the higher life of man. Free-will and responsibility. The ultimate aim of virtue, and The relation in Christianity of ethics to religion.
“Mr. Alston is to be thanked for a valuable piece of apologetic work.”
| + + | Cath. World. 84: 552. Ja. ’07. 640w. |
Reviewed by Nathaniel Schmidt.
| + − | Int. J. Ethics. 17: 380. Ap. ’07. 530w. |