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050 00 $aBT741.3$b.C53 2011
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100 1 $aClark, Gillian$q(E. Gillian)
245 10 $aBody and gender, soul and reason in late antiquity /$cGillian Clark.
260 $aFarnham, Surrey :$bAshgate Pub.,$cc2011.
300 $a1 v. (various pagings) :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
490 1 $aVariorum collected studies series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $g[Part 1].$tBodies and minds: the limits of reason:$tThe Fathers and the children --$tCosmic sympathies: nature as the expression of divine purpose --$tThe Fathers and the animals: the rule of reason? --$tAnimal passions.$g[Part 2].$tBodies and gender: Christian challenges:$tWomen and asceticism in late antiquity: the refusal of status and gender --$t'The bright frontier of friendship': Augustine and the Christian body as frontier --$tAdam's womb (Augustine, Confessions 13.28) and the salty sea --$tBodies and blood: late antique debate on martyrdom, virginity and resurrection --$tThe old Adam: the Fathers and the unmaking of masculinity --$tAdam's engendering: Augustine on gender and creation --$t'In the foreskin of your flesh': the pure male body in late antiquity.$g[Part 3].$tBodies and souls: the philosophic life.$tVictricius of Rouen: Praising the Saints --$tTranslating relics: Victricius of Rouen and fourth-century debate --$tTranslate into Greek: Porphyry of Tyre on the new barbarians --$tPhilosophic Lives and the philosophic life: Porphyry and Iamblichus --$tFattening the soul: Christian asceticism and Porphyry On Abstinence --$tThe health of the spiritual athlete --$tDo try this at home: the domestic philosopher in late antiquity.
520 $aWhat does it mean to say that a human being is body and soul, and how does each affect the other? Late antique philosophers asked these central questions. The papers collected here explore their answers, and use those answers to ask further questions. -- preface
650 0 $aMind and body$xHistory.
650 0 $aSex role$xReligious aspects$xChristianity.
650 0 $aPhilosophy, Ancient.
650 0 $aSoul$xChristianity.
650 0 $aTheological anthropology$xChristianity.
600 00 $aVictricius,$cSaint,$dca. 330-ca. 409$xCriticism and interpretation.
600 00 $aAugustine,$cSaint, Bishop of Hippo$xCriticism and interpretation.
600 00 $aPorphyry,$dca. 234-ca. 305$xCriticism and interpretation.
830 0 $aCollected studies.