Author: Sister Mary Patricia GarveyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Neoplatonism
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Saint Augustine
Author: Sister Mary Patricia GarveyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Neoplatonism
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Saint Augustine: Christian Or Neo-platonist?
Author: Mary Patricia GarveyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
St. Augustine and Plotinus: the Human Mind as Image of the Divine
Author: Laela ZwolloPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004387803
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 509
Book Description
In Augustine and Plotinus: the Human Mind as Image of the Divine Laela Zwollo provides an inside view of two of the most influential thinkers of late antiquity: the Christian Augustine and the Neo-Platonist Plotinus. By exploring the finer points and paradoxes of their doctrines of the image of God (the human soul/intellect), the illustrious church father’s complex interaction with his most important non-biblical source comes into focus. In order to fathom Augustine, we should first grasp the beauty in Plotinus’ philosophy and its attractiveness to Christians. This monograph will contribute to a better understanding of the formative years of Christianity as well as later ancient philosophy. It can serve as a handbook for becoming acquainted with the two thinkers, as well as for delving into the profundity of their thought.
Augustine's Invention of the Inner Self
Author: Phillip CaryPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199882754
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
In this book, Phillip Cary argues that Augustine invented the concept of the self as a private inner space-a space into which one can enter and in which one can find God. Although it has often been suggested that Augustine in some way inaugurated the Western tradition of inwardness, this is the first study to pinpoint what was new about Augustine's philosophy of inwardness and situate it within a narrative of his intellectual development and his relationship to the Platonist tradition. Augustine invents the inner self, Cary argues, in order to solve a particular conceptual problem. Augustine is attracted to the Neoplatonist inward turn, which located God within the soul, yet remains loyal to the orthodox Catholic teaching that the soul is not divine. He combines the two emphases by urging us to turn "in then up"--to enter the inner world of the self before gazing at the divine Light above the human mind. Cary situates Augustine's idea of the self historically in both the Platonist and the Christian traditions. The concept of private inner self, he shows, is a development within the history of the Platonist concept of intelligibility or intellectual vision, which establishes a kind of kinship between the human intellect and the divine things it sees. Though not the only Platonist in the Christian tradition, Augustine stands out for his devotion to this concept of intelligibility and his willingness to apply it even to God. This leads him to downplay the doctrine that God is incomprehensible, as he is convinced that it is natural for the mind's eye, when cleansed of sin, to see and understand God. In describing Augustine's invention of the inner self, Cary's fascinating book sheds new light on Augustine's life and thought, and shows how Augustine's position developed into the more orthodox Augustine we know from his later writings.
Christian Faith and the Interpretation of History
Author: Gordon Lincoln KeyesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
The Enchiridion on Faith, Hope, and Love
Author: Saint AugustinePublisher: Gateway Editions
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
This work was written by St. Augustine late in his life with the intention of supplying a well-educated Roman layman with a brief but comprehensive exposition of the essential teachings of Christianity. It contains many of his most profound and mature definitions of his thoughts on sin, grace, and predestination, and is regarded as an indispensable guide to Augustinian Christianity.
The Confessions
Author: Saint AugustinePublisher: Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN: 0199537828
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Henry Chadwick, an eminent scholar of early Christianity, has given us the first new English translation in thirty years of Augustine's The Confessions. We witness the future saint's fascination with astrology and with the Manichees, and then follow him through scepticism and disillusion with pagan myths until he finally reaches Christian faith. There are brilliant philosophical musings about Platonism and the nature of God, and touching portraits of Augustine's beloved mother, of St. Ambrose of Milan, and of other early Christians like Victorinus, who gave up a distinguished career as a rhetorician to adopt the orthodox faith. To make The Confessions accessible to contemporary readers, Chadwick provides the most complete and informative notes of any recent translation, and includes an introduction to establish the context.
Saint Augustine
Author: Mary Patricia GarveyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Neoplatonism
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
On Order
Author: Saint AugustinePublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300238533
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
A fresh, new translation of Augustine's third work as a Christian convert The first four works written by St. Augustine of Hippo after his conversion to Christianity are dialogues that have influenced prominent thinkers from Boethius to Bernard Lonergan. Usually called the "Cassiciacum dialogues," these four works are of a high literary and intellectual quality, combining Ciceronian and neo-Platonic philosophy, Roman comedy and Vergilian poetry, and early Christian theology. They are also, arguably, Augustine's most charming works, exhibiting his whimsical levity and ironic wryness. On Order is the third work in this tetralogy, and it is Augustine's only work explicitly devoted to theodicy, the reconciliation of Almighty God's goodness with evil's existence. In this dialogue, Augustine argues that a certain kind of self-knowledge is the key to unlocking the answers to theodicy's vexing questions, and he devotes the latter half of the dialogue to an excursus on the liberal arts as disciplines that will help strengthen the mind to know itself and God.
To Know God and the Soul
Author: Roland J. TeskePublisher: CUA Press
ISBN: 0813214874
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
To Know God and the Soul presents a collection of essays on Augustine of Hippo written over the past twenty-five years by renowned philosopher Roland Teske.