Marcus Minucius Felix

Drei Freunde spazieren am Strand der malerischen antiken Hafenstadt Ostia. Es ist ein lauschiger Herbsttag zur Zeit der Weinlese. Das Meer untermalt die angeregten Gespr che. Doch dann, vor einer G tterstatue entbrennt pl tzlich ein Disput zwischen dem Christ Octavius und dem philosophischen Atheisten Caecilius. Minucius Felix soll als Dritter in der Mitte zwischen beiden Schiedsrichter sein in einem Wettstreit der Argumente auf h chstem Niveau, wo es am Ende nur einen Sieger geben kann. Dieser Dialog ist ein literarisches und apologetisches Meisterwerk des fr hen Christentums, als die Lehre der Apostel noch lebendig und frisch war, die Gesellschaft aber argw hnisch gegen ber den Christen. Minucius Felix berichtet uns kurzweilig und eindr cklich, mit welchen Anschuldigungen die Christen seinerzeit konfrontiert wurden, wie sie sich dagegen wehrten, und gibt uns nebenbei einen Kurs in antiker Mythologie und Geschichte.

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT072518Translated by Sir David Dalrymple. With a half-title. Edinburgh: printed by Murray & Cochran, for T. Cadell, London, 1781. xvi,207, 1]p.; 8

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT117235London: printed for S. Smith and B. Walford, 1703. 12],100p.; 8

Kirja on latinankielisen apologeettisen kirjallisuuden klassikko, joka on kirjoitettu kristinuskon ensimmäisinä vuosisatoina. Se puolustaa kristinuskoa ja esittää, miksi pakanuus on hylättävä. Kristitty Octavius Ianuaris ja pakana Caecilius Natalis keskustelevat vapaapäivänään Ostiassa, Rooman satamakaupungissa, ja Minucius Felix, Pohjois-Afrikasta kotoisin oleva asianajaja, toimii tuomarina. Teos muistuttaa kieleltään antiikin auktoreista lähinnä Ciceroa ja Senecaa. Väittely päättyy iloisissa tunnelmissa, sillä lopputulos tyydyttää kaikkia. Suomennos: Heikki Koskenniemi