Augustine’s Philosophy

Classic and Contemporary Themes

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

AvAnna Marmodoro,Rodrigo Ballon-Villanueva

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This multi-authored collection provides novel analyses of core philosophical themes in the work of Augustine of Hippo (354-430 AD). It brings something new to the study of Augustine by considering a broad selection of his philosophical ideas, examined in terms of their soundness and as embedded in the history of philosophy rather than in historical theology.Augustine’s Philosophy: Classic and Contemporary Themes presents the reader with a well-rounded account of Augustine as a philosopher, exploring various aspects of his thought in a single, multi-faceted book. Topics include ‘classic’, much-debated issues in Augustine’s thought, along with less explored ones, and spans issues in metaphysics, free will, philosophy of time, personal identity, philosophy of emotion, philosophy of mind, ethics, and political philosophy.Authors range from leading authorities within Augustinian studies to scholars from diverse backgrounds who approach Augustine from alternative philosophical standpoints. The outcome of this collective effort highlights Augustine’s significance for the history of philosophy, philosophy in general, and cognate disciplines. The volume’s goal is to give impulse to new research on Augustine, rather than presenting the state-of-the-art.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-11-25
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor264
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781041151050

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Anna Marmodoro is the Leonard and Elizabeth Eslick Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University (US) and Honorary Professor of Philosophy at Durham University (UK), where she previously held the Chair of Metaphysics (2016-2024). Prior to this, she was successively a Junior and a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, affiliated with Corpus Christi College (2007-2016). Her monographs include Aristotle on Perceiving Objects (2014), Everything in Everything. Anaxagoras’s Metaphysics (2017), Forms and Structure in Plato’s Metaphysics, Properties in Ancient Metaphysics (2023), and Metaphysics. An Introduction to Contemporary Debates and Their History, co-authored with Erasmus Mayr (2019).Rodrigo Ballon-Villanueva is a PhD Candidate in Philosophy at Durham University (UK). Since 2015, he has also been a member of the Institute of Medieval Studies at the University of Navarra (Spain), doing research on the Neoplatonic tradition from Augustine to Eriugena. His work lies at the intersection of ancient/medieval philosophy and contemporary metaphysics.

List of Abbreviations Introduction Anna Marmodoro and Rodrigo Ballon-Villanueva 1. Augustine on the Categories: Aristotelian Strategies Against Arianism and Pelagianism, Richard Cross 2. Augustine, McTaggart and the Reality of Time, Mark Edwards 3. Augustine on Eternal and Necessary Creation, Rodrigo Ballon-Villanueva 4. Augustine and the Doctrine of Double Creation, Marilù Papandreou & Simon J. Evnine 5. Augustine on Privation, Giovanni Catapano 6. Augustine on the Primacy of Acquaintance, Blake D. Dutton 7. Augustine on Mirror Image and Self-Knowledge, Tianyue Wu 8. Augustine’s Philosophical Spiritualism, Victoria Trumbull 9. Consent and Approval: Augustine on the Unity of the Will, Terence Irwin 10. Why Loving God Makes You Happier than Loving Yourself: Augustine on the Goal of Human Life, Caleb Cohoe 11. The Politics of Perfection: Augustine on the Mixing of the Two Cities, James Wetzel 12. The Fallen Rome and the Unshakeable City: On Augustine’s Philosophy of History, Sophie-Grace Chappell