The archparadox of death: martyrdom as a philosophical category - 10

The book deals with martyrdom understood as a philosophical category.

The main question pertains to the evidential value of the Christian witness through death.

The author approaches an answer through a philosophical interpretation of the belief in the evidential role of martyrdom.

Numerous historical documents confirm that ancient martyrdom might have been considered as a kind of proof also by people unaffiliated with the Church.

The author observes the theology and the reality of martyrdom through the perspective of the ancient philosophy of death and radical personal transformation.