In this paper I intend to investigate the way Basil of Caesarea and
Gregory of Nazianz approached emotions in their literary output. For
this aim I shall undertake primarily a comparison of three texts which
share the same author or the same topic: Basil wrote both a Homily on
Anger and on Envy while among Gregory's numerous poems one of the most
extensive ones is about Anger. Among other things, the comparison will
show common structural characteristics of these texts as well as a
similar treatment of sources. All three texts show how their authors
incorporated Ancient/Late Antique philosophical learning into a
Christian worldview. Furthermore, I shall demonstrate the lasting impact
of these treatises on Byzantine thinking about emotions and the
modification Basil's and Gregory's statements underwent during the
subsequent centuries.
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