Longing for Perfection in Late Antiquity Studies on Journeys Between Ideal and Reality in Pagan and Christian Literature

In this volume, an international group of scholars examines how the ideal of perfection was conceived and pursued in Late Antiquity, both within philosophical circles and within Christianity.

About the author

Johan Leemans, Ph. D (2001), KU Leuven, is Professor of Christianity in Late Antiquity at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies at the same university. He has published widely on late antique sermons, martyrdom, the Cappadocian Fathers and patristic exegesis.
Geert Roskam, Ph.D. (2001), KU Leuven, is Professor of Greek Literature at that university. He has published several monographs and numerous articles on Hellenistic philosophy (esp. Epicureanism) and later Platonism (esp. Plutarch).
Peter Van Deun, Ph.D. (1989), KU Leuven, is full professor of Byzantine Studies at that university. He has published widely on Patristic and Byzantine literature, esp. on Maximus the Confessor, Metrophanes of Smyrna and the genre of spiritual anthologies.

Product details

• Assisted by: Johan Leemans (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 30.11.2023
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works
• EAN: 9789004681125
• ISBN: 978-90-04-68112-5
• Pages: 534
• Dimensions (packing): 15.5 x 23.4 x 3 cm
• Weight (packing): 925 g
• Series: Ancient Philosophy & Religion > 11
• Subjects: RELIGION / General; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Religion - Socialissues