Ciceronian Skeptical Fideism in the Octavius of Minucius Felix
The dialogue Octavius by Minucius Felix is a point of reception in the legacy of Ciceronian skeptical fideism, and as such it deserves its place in the history of skeptical fideism. Drawing on his Ciceronian model, Minucius depicts a skeptical fideist—Caecilius—struggling to hold on to his religious...
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2022
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International journal for the study of skepticism
Année: 2022, Volume: 12, Numéro: 4, Pages: 273-284 |
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Minucius Felix
B CHRISTIAN apologetics B skeptical fideism B Academic skepticism B Cicero |
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Résumé: | The dialogue Octavius by Minucius Felix is a point of reception in the legacy of Ciceronian skeptical fideism, and as such it deserves its place in the history of skeptical fideism. Drawing on his Ciceronian model, Minucius depicts a skeptical fideist—Caecilius—struggling to hold on to his religious traditions in the face of the challenges posed by the new religion of Christianity. But Minucius himself is a convert to the new religion and writes in its defense. And this authorial intent distorts the skeptical fideism which Minucius found in Cicero’s De natura deorum by adding credulous and/or dogmatic elements that are ill-fitted to skeptical fideism but well-suited to his authorial intention of answering all available objections to Christianity in the hopes of winning converts. |
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ISSN: | 2210-5700 |
Contient: | Enthalten in: International journal for the study of skepticism
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22105700-bja10041 |