Stoic Origins of Erasmus' Philosophy of Christ

Ross Dealy is a retired associate professor at St. John’s University, NY.

‘This meticulous study of 16th century thinking can be dense, but the picture of Erasmus that emerges will prove worth the effort.’- D.A. Brown (Choice Magazine vol 55:01:2017) "The Stoic Origins of Erasmus’ Philosophy of Christ contains many interesting ideas, which Dealy presents in an engaging way and is a welcome addition to the literature. "- George Lazaroiu (Sixteenth Century Journal vol. 49, no. 1 2018) "The Stoic Origins of Erasmus’ Philosophy of Christ is a challenging and thought-provoking book. It is a book that goes to the heart of the philosophical subject matter that is everywhere apparent in Erasmus’s writings, but hardly ever studied in serious ways."- Han van Ruler, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (Renaissance Quarterly, vol 71 4, Winter 2018) "The Stoic Origins of Erasmus’ Philosophy of Christ makes an important contribution to Erasmus scholarship through a close reading of two of Erasmus’ early works that are rarely considered alongside one another, the De taedio Iesu and the Enchiridion, in an attempt to trace their considerable Stoic elements."v- Kirk Essary, University of Western Australia (Erasmus Studies, vol 39)

• PrefaceAbbreviationsIntroductionA Philosophy Beneath The RhetoricPart IThe Fifteenth-Century BackgroundPart Ii Erasmus’ Two-Dimensional StoicismPart IiiStoic Natural Instinct and Christ’s Fear of Death, De Taedio IesuPart Iv Larger Philosophical IssuesPart V Correcting a Thousand Years of ChristologyPart Vi Beyond Devotionalist AssumptionsPart ViiSpiritual WarfareConclusionBibliographyIndex