Fleeing the Stadium: Recovering the Conceptual Unity of Evagrius’ Acedia
The definition of acedia presents unique conceptual problems among the eight Evagrian logismoi. Its descriptions are so complex and varied as to render the concept seemingly incoherent. This article argues that the conceptual unity of acedia has been obscured by the translation of Evagrian logismoi...
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Year: 2021, Volume: 62, Issue: 1, Pages: 7-20 |
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