About the Way Greek Philosophers Plagiarized the Christians Landmarks in Modern Exegesis

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10.2991/iccese-18.2018.284How to use a DOI?

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plagiarism; Christianity; classical philosophy; Plato; Clement of Alexandria

Abstract

Christianity appeared in the Judaic cultural space, but shortly afterwards, it spread all over the entire Roman Empire that it conquered without weapons, paradoxically, despite all Jewish rebellions that aimed at weakening the Roman power of domination over their country. The Christian message was received with an increased interest by the citizens of the empire and it ended ??" though even today, there are different forms of interpretation and living the Word of Christ ??" by creating a synthesis between the Greek classical culture and its own ideas or doctrines. In this process which has lasted for centuries, the Fathers of the Church have noticed particular similarities between classical philosophy and Christianism. Moreover, people have started speaking about the theft of ideas, for which Plato or other great Greek philosophers were responsible, because they got in contact with the Judaic culture and they borrowed some ideas, without mentioning their source. In the present article, we will try to explain to what extent this thing would have been possible and which is the rational explanation for specific statements of the Christians (in the present case, Clement of Alexandria), which do not have solid arguments at the first reading.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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