The apologetic treatise of Eusebius of Caesarea contains a philosophical and theological critique of fatalistic determinism expressed by Apollonius of Tyana in his teaching about the Fates and Necessity. According to Eusebius, attributing one’s own activity to destiny and to superior beings, like the Fates and Necessity, one negates God’s Providence, personal responsibility and human free will. A follower of such views should be considered godless and foolish, but not a true philosopher. In the conception of the Christian author the man is free in his choice of things “which are within our power” and he is responsible for his choices.
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Vol. 45 No. 2 (2012)
Published: 2012-12-31
English
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