In the past three installments (here, here, and here) we looked at Eusebius of Caesarea as a reader of Plato and user of sources, noting the ways in which he came nearer to Plato’s meaning than most of his contemporaries (albeit by circuitous paths) and how he ‘saw through’ Plato’s writings to his fear of… Read More On Plato’s Fear: Eusebius and his Sources (IV)
by Joshua Shaw In the last two installments (here and here), we introduced Eusebius and began to look at his use of sources. Applying the sketch of C.S. Lewis’s father, we saw in the last post a typical example of Eusebius’s ‘labyrinthine’ methods of reading which nevertheless sometimes take him (much) nearer to a proper… Read More Seeing through Plato: Eusebius of Caesarea and His Sources (III)
by Joshua Shaw In our last installment we gave a brief introduction to Eusebius of Caesarea and his writings, ending with a very brief look at the purpose of Eusebius’ apologetic work the Praeparatio Evangelica (PE) and the beginning of his treatment of Plato (Book XI). In this post we will look further… Read More ‘A Labyrinthine Operation’: Eusebius and His Sources (II)