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“Law is the highest reason, implanted in Nature, which commands what ought to be done and forbids the opposite.”

Marcus Tullius Cicero, De Legibus (On the Laws) — Book I, section 6; this quote is used to argue Cicero’s stoic-style natural law ideas

“If a State lacks Law, [it must] necessarily be considered no State at all.”

Cicero, On the Laws; He’s arguing that the law is the essence of the state and without it, you only have chaos and tyranny

Atom

Lucretius, De Rerum Natura (“On the Nature of Things,”); “Nothing can be created out of nothing, nor can anything be reduced to anything”… atoms are eternal building blocks of all reality

Void

 Lucretius, De Rerum Natura (“On the Nature of Things,”); He argues that nothing can exist or move without empty space (void)

“Nothing at all is ever born from nothing”

Lucretius, De Rerum Natura (“On the Nature of Things,”); He argues that atoms are eternal building blocks of reality and only change shape, but they can’t be created or destroyed

“Matter is indestructible.”

Lucretius, De Rerum Natura (“On the Nature of Things,”); all death or destruction is merely a rearrangement of atoms in the void

“Arms and the man I sing…”

Virgil’s Aeneid; Arms = war, violence, and the heroic struggle; man = Aeneas, the Trojan hero who journeys to Italy after the fall of Troy. First line in the roman epic poem

Aeneas

Virgil’s Aeneid; Trojan hero who journeys to Italy after the fall of Troy

Dido

Virgil’s Aeneid; Queen of Carthage, in love with Aeneas

The Sibyl

Virgil’s Aeneid; prophetess who guides Aeneas in the underworld

Stoicism

Epictetus, Enchiridion; Stoicism was the belief that emotions arise from false judgments

 “Our agitations come only from our perception, which is within.”

Epictetus, Enchiridion; Epictetus was a greek stoic philosopher and he was arguing that our agitations, fears or worries only arise when we let our perceptions misjudge reality. 

“Blessed are the poor in spirit.”

Gospel of Matthew, Bible; first line of the beatitudes, sets the tone for Christian ethics: humility, mercy, compassion, and righteousness.

“You are the light of the world.”

Matthew 5:14; emphasis Christ followers role as examples of righteousness, truth and goodness

Pentecost

 Acts 2:1-4; the outpouring of the HS on the followers of Jesus

Peter

Acts; one of Jesus’ disciples

Ananias

 Acts 5; A man (wife is Sapphira) who sells his property and lies about giving all the proceeds to the apostles

“What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?”

Tertullian, On the Prescription of Heretics; Tertullian’s question expresses suspicion of philosophy’s influence on Christian doctrine.

“With our faith, we desire no further belief.”

Tertullian, On the Prescription of Heretics; He is insisting that Christian revelation is complete in Christ, and believers should not seek additional doctrines or speculative reasoning beyond what has been revealed through Scripture and apostolic teaching.

Perpetua

Perpetua (and unknown author/editor), The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicitas; young noblewoman and new Christian convert.

Felicity

Perpetua (and unknown author/editor), The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicitas; Christian slave and companion of Perpetua

Hilarian

Perpetua (and unknown author/editor), The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicitas; Roman judge who condemned Perpetua and others to death in the arena

Saturus

 Perpetua (and unknown author/editor), The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicitas; Perpetua’s spiritual mentor

City of God

Augustine, City of God; The City of God is Augustine’s vision of two societies — the earthly and the divine — locked in moral and spiritual struggle throughout history. City of god = founded on the love of God

City of man

Augustine, City of God; city of man = founded on love of self

selfish love

Augustine, City of God; selfish love = the root of sin — love that seeks the self above God or others (this love creates the city of man)

Desire for domination

Augustine, City of God; Augustine links the desire for domination to the city of man

Earthly peace

Augustine, City of God; temporary, humanly constructed peace in society or politics