Previous ideas about the early desert fathers as predominantly
uneducated have to a great extent determined the scholarly discussion on
the emergence of early monasticism and its relation to ancient
philosophy. With a focus on crucial and typical monastic practices and
virtues like anachōrēsis, hēsychía, repentance, obedience and
repetitious prayer, this paper discusses the emergence of the early
Egyptian and Palestinian monastic movement and its possible dependency
on late antique philosophy.
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