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UNINA9910792293603321 |
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Wetzel James |
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Titolo |
Augustine [[electronic resource] ] : a guide for the perplexed / / James Wetzel |
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London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-4411-5299-7 |
1-4411-7482-6 |
1-282-87595-7 |
9786612875953 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (167 p.) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations of Works Cited; Note on Translations; Figures Invoked; Prologue: A Life Confessed; Chapter One: Death and the Delineation of Soul; Virtue Comes to Grief; Ciceronian plot; Augustinian dénouement; The Materialization of Loss; Trappings of woe; A grievable God; Chapter Two: Sin and the Invention of Will; Pathos of Will; Place of unlikeness; Debriefing on beauty; Beauty Memorialized; From Plato to Paul; The emotion of time; Chapter Three: Sex and the Infancy of Desire; The Mythology of Sin; Grace and original guilt; Adam, Eve, and the angels; Conversion |
The tie that unbinds Learning a first logos; Almost an Epilogue: Time Troubled; Suggestions Readings Chapter by Chapter; General Suggestions for Further Reading; Index; Index of Biblical References |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This is a student's guide to the life and work of Augustine; a notoriously challenging thinker, widely read in Philosophy and Christian Theology. The book provides a concise and coherent overview of Augustine, introducing all the key concepts and themes, and is ideal for undergraduates who require more than just a simple introduction to his work and thought. |
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