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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819332703321

Autore

Wetzel James

Titolo

Augustine [[electronic resource] ] : a guide for the perplexed / / James Wetzel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2010

ISBN

1-4411-5299-7

1-4411-7482-6

1-282-87595-7

9786612875953

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (167 p.)

Collana

Guides for the Perplexed

Disciplina

189/.2

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.