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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Named Person: | Augustine, of Hippo Saint; Augustine, of Hippo Saint |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
William E Mann |
ISBN: | 9780199577552 0199577552 |
OCLC Number: | 885523206 |
Description: | xi, 223 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Augustine's anti-Platonist ascents / Peter King -- Practical rationality and the wills of Confessions 8 / Tomas Ekenberg -- Happiness in Augustine's Confessions / Nicholas Wolterstorff -- The desire for God and aporetic method in Augustine's Confessions / Stephen Menn -- The life of the mind in dramas and dreams / William E. Mann -- Thinking eternally / Paul Helm -- The privacy of the mind and the fully approvable reading of scripture : Augustine on Genesis 1:1 / Blake D. Dutton -- Intelligible matter and the genesis of intellect : the metamorphosis of a Plotinian theme in Confessions 12-13 / Christian Tornau. |
Responsibility: | edited by William E. Mann. |
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Many would insist that whatever speculation Augustine engaged in, it was solely as a theologian. Yet each of the authors in this superb volume approaches Augustine in the context of the philosophy of the late Roman world, especially Neoplatonic philosophy. Their success in showing how the themes of the Confessions resonate with the language of philosophers of the timePlotinus chief among themand wrestle with many of the same issues vindicates Manns claim. Anyoneinterested in understanding the Confessions will have to confront these eight essays and ponder their philosophical analysis of Augustines thought. * Steven P. Marrone * Overall they present a useful companion to a deeper reading of this most fascinating book ... Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates and above; general readers. * Choice * This is an unusually philosophical - thus very welcome - book about the Confessions overall Mann has edited a spicy mixed bag, with a few lows and some exhilarating highs. * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online * ... analytic philosophers might find this volume helpful ... If this volume leads philosophers to a greater understanding of Augustine, and perhaps to further reading of Augustine himself and the wealth of scholarship dedicated to him, it will be a successful work indeed. * The Review of Metaphysics * Clearly written and jargon-free for a general audience, this well-researched book is critically challenging, opening up opportunities for further important investigations in the future ... Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above; general readers. * Choice * Read more...


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