Pagans and Philosophers: The Problem of Paganism from Augustine to Leibniz

by John Marenbon

Book Overview

An ambitious history of how medieval writers came to terms with paganism

From the turn of the fifth century to the beginning of the eighteenth, Christian writers were fascinated and troubled by the "Problem of Paganism," which this book identifies and examines for the first time. How could the wisdom and virtue of the great thinkers of antiquity be reconciled with the fact that they were pagans and, many thought, damned? Related questions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691176086
• ISBN13: 9780691176086
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"