L'anima. Testo latino a fronte

Crítica y utiliza a toda la tradición para poder explicar y fundamentar las primeras ideas del cristianismo con respecto a Dios, el alma, el espíritu, etc.

It's interesting to see the contrast between the Early Christians who greatly respected the Greek philosophers and liked to speculate about whether or not they were saved, on the one hand, and then Tertullian, on the other. Tertullian laments the influence of Greek philosophy on other Christians, he Leggi tutto

Tertullian offers a really useful critique of Platonic forms, and other false philosophical notions, and is really good in opposing abortion. He argued that life begins at conception and described how abortions were carried out by medics in his day, which seemed to be very similar to how they are ca Leggi tutto

Sur le sommeil, la mort, la nature de l'âme, ses opérations, le purgatoire (?). Interraction avec Platon, Aristote et la plupart des philosophes... que Tertullien est loin d'égaler !

This book is a response to Platonism and other Greek philosophies on the soul. He touches on the origin of the soul, how the soul relates to the body, death, and other issues. I was surprised to learn how different the Christian ideas of the soul were compared to the world around them. The book is fu Leggi tutto