Stoic and Christian Ideas of Freedom
"...resemblances between the two are of a formal kind only. While the quest for freedom is no longer to be pursued through adherence to an external law, for the Stoic it is discovered through self-understanding while for Paul it is by possessing, through the Spirit, "the mind of Christ" 1Cor.2:16. Although both require an awareness of the illusory value of many received beliefs and external objicts for Paul it is precisely the ascetic response that Stoicism endorsed that is to be left behind (see Col.2:16-23)."
Robert Banks
"...resemblances between the two are of a formal kind only. While the quest for freedom is no longer to be pursued through adherence to an external law, for the Stoic it is discovered through self-understanding while for Paul it is by possessing, through the Spirit, "the mind of Christ" 1Cor.2:16. Although both require an awareness of the illusory value of many received beliefs and external objicts for Paul it is precisely the ascetic response that Stoicism endorsed that is to be left behind (see Col.2:16-23)."
Robert Banks
posted by Cirdan at 4:40 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home