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Vox Patrum
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2008
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vol. 52
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issue 2
1335-1345
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The term arete that appears 198 times in the writings of Clement of Alexandria, assumes 15 nuances, among which prevails the common definition of that noun as virtue, with an anthropologic and theocentric reference. The rest of the definitions of arete, belonging chiefly to the ethical vocabulary, complement the terms from other domains: from the military one (talent, virtue), from metaphysics (category, a special atribute), and from botany (perfection of the plant), as well as from functional anatomy (nerve of life).
Vox Patrum
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2005
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vol. 48
27-39
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The present article handles one of elements of Clement’s doctrine about God, that is the activity of God the Father in the context of acquiring virtue by the human person.
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The article analyses the nature of ancient philosophy. What was it? Was it a search for the truth of the nature? Or was it more a lifestyle, consciously chosen and developed? Th e above interpretations are considered as contradictory. However, in my opinion, in Greek philosophy world and man were not distinct from each other. Th e Greeks saw universe as a unity encompassing everything that exists, including human beings and even gods. Greek philosophers were interested not only in physical world; they focused also on a question how a man should live. With time, this question became the most important: philosophy became a way of intellectual and spiritual exercise, leading to a good life and finally to happiness. I stress this ‘exercising’ dimension as inseparable from all philosophical inquiry in antiquity.
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