title: Revolution of the Solitaries, Arsenius the Great, and Socrates. An Early Theological Justification of the Radical Monastic Detachment from Society
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metadata.value: Bumazhnov, Dmitrij F.
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metadata.value: 2020-09-09T10:05:59Z
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metadata.value: 2020-09-09T10:05:59Z
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metadata.value: 2020-03
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metadata.value: Dmitrij F.Bumazhnov. Revolution of the Solitaries, Arsenius the Great, and Socrates. An Early Theological Justification of the Radical Monastic Detachment from Society. Philologia Classica 2020, 15 (1), 72–87
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu20.2020.106
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/19323
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metadata.value: The article investigates an early theological justification of the radical detachment from society expressed in a saying by the famous Egyptian hermit Arsenius the Great (4th‒5th century)
  who avoided contacts not only with lay people, but even with his fellow monks in the desert of
  Sketis. This justification is to be seen in connection with the phenomenon of monastic secluded life which suddenly emerged in the second part of the 3rd century, in sharp contrast with
  traditional views of the catholic Christians of the 1st‒3rd centuries on the way of life suitable
  for the followers of Christ. In this article, the radical break with this early paradigm is called
  the “revolution of the solitaries”. Arsenius, who lived about eighty years after the first monks
  in Egypt started to be recognized as a distinct phenomenon in public space, does not necessarily draw on the oldest layers of the traditions justifying and explaining the religious motivation for being alone. Nevertheless, his statement is one of the first pieces of theological
  reflection on the subject transmitted in full which opens a number of intriguing possibilities
  for further research on this widely neglected field. The article provides the historical context
  of Arsenius’ justification which includes criticism of the anachoretic monasticism in the
  pagan and Christian communities. Some critics of the secluded life consider it as contrary
  to the Jewish and pagan wisdom as well as to the revelation of Christ, a statement making
  Arsenius’ apology most precarious. Of special inrerest is that Arsenius, when staying away
  remaining secluded from all kinds of people, was to a certain degree guided by the example
  of Socrates.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Philologia Classica;Volume 15; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: early Egyptian monasticism
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Arsenius the Great
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Socrates
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: eremitism
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Revolution of the Solitaries, Arsenius the Great, and Socrates. An Early Theological Justification of the Radical Monastic Detachment from Society
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
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