Basil of Caesarea is remembered for arguments the next generation could not ignore.
The record lists Basil of Caesarea as 4th-century Christian bishop, theologian, and saint (329–379).
Basil of Caesarea was born at Kayseri in 329. His recorded nationality is Italy.
Philosophy then was taught in person and preserved by students; what survives often reaches us through the summaries of opponents.
The recorded fields of work are theology and administration and management of the church.
His principal work is Hexaemeron. A philosophical position survives not by being proved but by resisting every attempt to dispose of it.
That the work was done from Italy matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Basil of Caesarea died in 379, aged 50. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Notable work: Hexaemeron
- Fields: theology and administration and management of the church
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