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Augustine's Confessions

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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Unique in all of literature, the Confessions combines frank and profound psychological insight into Augustine's formative years along with sophisticated and beguiling reflections on some of the most important issues in philosophy and theology. The Confessions discloses Augustine's views about the nature of infancy and the acquisition of language, his own sinful adolescence, his early struggle with the problem of evil, his conversion to Christianity, his puzzlement about the capacities of human memory and the nature of time, and his views about creation and biblical interpretation. The essays contained in this volume, by some of the most distinguished recent and contemporary thinkers in the field, insightfully explore these Augustinian themes not only with an eye to historical accuracy but also to gauge the philosophical acumen of Augustine's reflections.

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Utgivningsdatum2006-03-28
Mått164 x 236 x 31 mm
Vikt558 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieCritical Essays on the Classics Series
Antal sidor252
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780742542310

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Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 AcknowledgmentsChapter 3 1. The Philosopher in the CribChapter 4 2. Word Learning and Theory of MindChapter 5 3. Augustine on the Teacher WithinChapter 6 4. Petit Larceny, the Beginning of All Sin: Augustine's Theft of the PearsChapter 7 5. Augustine on Evil and Original SinChapter 8 6. The Divine NatureChapter 9 7. Suffering LoveChapter 10 8. Augustine's GriefsChapter 11 9. God's Speaking and Augustine's ConversionChapter 12 10. On Being Morally Responsible in a DreamChapter 13 11. The Book of MemoryChapter 14 12. Time, Mysticism, and CreationChapter 15 BibliographyChapter 16 About the Editor and Authors

William Mann has assembled essays from a handful of veteran truth-seekers, all of who have been perplexed in some way by what perplexes Augustine in his Confessions. Mann's volume aims to engage with Augustine on a number of open questions: the acquisition of a first language, the motive force of evil, the fleeting reality of time, the ethics of grief, the desire for God, the power of memory, the limits of responsibility, the communicability of the Word. As an ensemble, this collection is certain to exercise the analytical imagination.

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