One True Life: The Stoics and Early Christians as Rival Traditions. By C. Kavin Rowe [Book Review]

Ancient Philosophy 38 (2):477-481 (2018)
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A sloppy, smug, conceptually muddled, and tendentious Christian apologist's comparison of narrowly selected texts from Seneca, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Paul, Luke, and Justin Martyr. Following Alasdair MacIntyre, Rowe defends the traditionist view according to which Spirit-enhanced ‘supernatural’ discourse is intelligible only to those on the inside of Christian faith. Rowe argues that morality and religion are abstractions. Rowe presents his translations of Seneca, Epictetus, Marcus, Paul, Luke, and Justin into modern English while also being committed to the traditionist view that such translations are doomed to inaccuracy and distortion. His views invite relativism and skepticism about all kinds of inquiry, including MacIntyre’s traditioned approach.

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Determinism and freedom in stoic philosophy.Susanne Bobzien - 1998 - New York: Oxford University Press.
Epictetus: a Stoic and Socratic guide to life.A. A. Long - 2002 - New York: Oxford University Press.

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