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Genre/Form: | Early works Early works to 1800 Ouvrages avant 1800 |
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Named Person: | Augustine, of Hippo Saint; Augustin, saint évêque d'Hippone; Augustine, of Hippo Saint |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Augustine, of Hippo Saint; R W Dyson |
ISBN: | 0851158196 9780851158198 |
OCLC Number: | 45466221 |
Language Note: | Translated from the Latin. |
Description: | xii, 217 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Ch. 1. Sin and Human History -- Ch. 2. The State in a Sinful World -- Ch. 3. Social Institutions -- Ch. 4. War -- Ch. 5. Church and State. |
Other Titles: | Works. |
Responsibility: | [edited] by R.W. Dyson. |
Abstract:
St Augustine on the human condition, justice, the State, slavery, private property and war: essential sourcebook for historians of late classical and medieval thought.
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As complete a reconstruction as is possible of Augustine's thinking concerning sin and history, the state, social institutions, war, and the church amd the state... helpful to historians of the ancient world's political thought. THEOLOGY [from the perspective of a first-year history student, Dyson has put together] a useful collection of primary texts in translation. * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW * Read more...
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