Athanasius is a careful thinker. He approaches quite logically the questions of why Christ came and in the way that He did and why He died the way He did. One can see arguments and thought patterns that were common in the early church. Athanasius alludes to issues such as docetism, impassibility, the legal aspects of the redemption, etc. Yet he approaches them with a kind of enthusiastic vigour.

Unfortunately this was an older edition. It did show hints of decent research into the original Greek text. But the translation had that 19th-century feel, with antiquated words and convoluted syntax. I would have appreciated a more modern edition.