Luxuria and homosexuality in Suetonius, Augustine, and Aquinas

Evangelina Anagnostou-Laoutides

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    Abstract

    The article discusses Suetonius and the Stoics as two independent yet converging paradigms which shaped notions of morality and vice in late antiquity and influenced Augustine and his understanding of the vitium sodomiticum as luxury. Aquinas followed his definition with the implication that on this occasion he parted ways with his usual Aristotelian model, which appears much more lenient in discussing the vice of homosexuality.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1 - 32
    Number of pages32
    JournalThe Mediaeval Journal
    Volume5
    Issue number2
    Publication statusPublished - 2015

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