Werner Wilhelm Jaeger Book order
Werner Jaeger was a profound scholar of ancient culture and education, most notably in his monumental work "Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture." His research delved into both the earliest practices and later philosophical reflections on the cultural nature of education in Ancient Greece. Jaeger hoped to restore the values of Hellenic origins to a decadent early 20th-century Europe through this extensive consideration. His work spanned from Homer and the Presocratics through Plato to the Church Fathers, offering a comprehensive view across a millennium.
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- 1985
This small book, the last work of a world-renowned scholar, has established itself as a classic. It provides a superb overview of the vast historical process by which Christianity was Hellenized and Hellenic civilization became Christianized. Werner Jaeger shows that without the large postclassical expansion of Greek culture the rise of a Christian world religion would have been impossible. He explains why the Hellenization of Christianity was necessary in apostolic and postapostalic times; points out similarities between Greek philosophy and Christian belief; discuss such key figures as Clement, Origen, and Gregory of Nyssa; and touches on the controversies that led to the ultimate complex synthesis of Greek and Christian thought.
