The ancient debate over the moral status of abortion. Pagan and christian polemics – Part I Cover Image

Starożytna debata nad statusem moralnym aborcji. Polemika pogańska i chrześcijańska – część I
The ancient debate over the moral status of abortion. Pagan and christian polemics – Part I

Author(s): Przemysław Ponczek
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne w Łodzi
Keywords: abortion; history of abortion; Christian perspective; paganism; debate; moral status of abortion; pagan and christian polemics; bioethics; self psychology

Summary/Abstract: The publication explains the term “moral status of abortion”, the phenomenon and history of abortion (Egypt, Babylon, Israel, Iran, China, Greece, and Rome), and the moral approach to the subject byPagans and Christians in antiquity (Amenhotep IV – Akhenaten, Aeschylus of Eleusis, Aristotle, Lysias, Publius Ovidius Naso, Philo of Alexandria, Plato, Plutarch, Hippocrates, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Diogenes of Sinope, Empedocles, Galen, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Publius Vergilius Maro, Scribonius Largus, Theodore Priscian, Zeno of Citium, among others; Didache, Epistle of Barnabas, Justin Martyr, Origen, Melito of Sardis, Tertullian, John Chrysostom, Augustine of Hippo, Theodoret of Cyr, among others).

  • Issue Year: 34/2025
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 157-189
  • Page Count: 33
  • Language: Polish
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