Open AccessQuis non tristitia carere optet? (Cypr. Mortal. 5)
Author(s) -
Graciano María Malgeri
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
mayéutica/mayéutica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2603-9729
pISSN - 0210-2900
DOI - 10.5840/mayeutica2020461011
Subject(s) - contextualization , saint , context (archaeology) , perspective (graphical) , sociology , psychoanalysis , history , philosophy , psychology , art history , art , linguistics , visual arts , interpretation (philosophy) , archaeology
The article addresses Saint Cyprian’s Work De mortalitate, making, a contextualization of the work, to later discuss each one of the chapters of this books, highlighting the diverse perspective that Saint Cyprian has of death and adversities in contrast with the pagan philosophical view. Subsequently, the article points out the four reasons that cause fear when facing trials or death, such as the imbecilitas animi, the parvitas fidei, the dulcedo saecularis and the error veritatis. The article makes an application of Saint Cyprian’s thoughts on adversity and death to the current context of Covid-19.