Ancient Philosophy and Theology II

This volume of the Lyceum Track bridges the age of philosophy and faith, tracing the movement from Stoic and Epicurean reason to the first defenses of Christian truth. From the prophetic tones of the Sibylline Oracles to the reasoned apologies of Justin, Athenagoras, and Theophilus, these works reveal a world wrestling with fate, providence, and divine wisdom. Here, the classical quest for virtue meets revelation, and philosophy begins to serve theology.

Authors and Dates:

• Anonymous – Sibylline Oracles – 2nd century BC–2nd century AD

• Varro – Excerpts (On Divine Antiquities) – 1st century BC

• Zeno of Citium & Epicurus – Fragments and Sayings – 4th–3rd centuries BC

• Cleanthes & Chrysippus – Hymns and Fragments – 3rd century BC

• Pyrrho of Elis – Fragments – 4th–3rd centuries BC

• Cicero – Academica (Selections) – 45 BC

• Cicero – De Fato – 44 BC

• Cicero – De Natura Deorum – 45 BC

• Lucretius – De Rerum Natura – ca. 55 BC

• Seneca – Moral Letters and Essays (Reader) – 1st century AD

• Epictetus – Discourses and Enchiridion – ca. 100 AD

• Sextus Empiricus – Outlines of Pyrrhonism – ca. 200 AD

• Anonymous – Didache and Apostle’s Creed – late 1st–2nd centuries AD

• Justin Martyr – Apology – ca. 150 AD

• Marcus Aurelius – Meditations (Selected Works) – ca. 170 AD

• Athenagoras of Athens – Embassy for the Christians – ca. 177 AD

• Aristides of Athens – Apology – ca. 140 AD

• Theophilus of Antioch – Apology to Autolycus – ca. 180 AD