LEADER 04537nam 22006614a 450 001 9910973368103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8262-6622-3$b(electronic book) 035 $a(CKB)1000000000537562 035 $a(EBL)3570985 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000121835 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11145036 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000121835 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10132323 035 $a(PQKB)11176708 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3570985 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3570985 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10237213 035 $a(OCoLC)319493603 035 $a(BIP)26749068 035 $a(BIP)14114537 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000537562 100 $a20070612d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||uuuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$24rdacarrier 200 10$aChristian metaphysics and neoplatonism /$fby Albert Camus ; translated and with an introduction by Ronald D. Srigley 210 $aColumbia $cUniversity of Missouri Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (161 pages) 225 1 $aEric Voegelin Institute series in political philosophy. Studies in religion and politics 311 1 $a0-8262-1753-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 135-139) and index. 327 $aEvangelical Christianity -- Gnosis -- Mystic reason -- Augustine. 330 $aContemporary scholarship tends to view Albert Camus as a modern, but he himself was conscious of the past and called the transition from Hellenism to Christianity "the true and only turning point in history." For Camus, modernity was not fully comprehensible without an examination of the aspirations that were first articulated in antiquity and that later received their clearest expression in Christianity. These aspirations amounted to a fundamental reorientation of human life in politics, religion, science, and philosophy. Understanding the nature and achievement of that reorientation became the central task of Christian Metaphysics and Neoplatonism. Primarily known through its inclusion in a French omnibus edition, it has remained one of Camus' least-read works, yet it marks his first attempt to understand the relationship between Greek philosophy and Christianity as he charted the movement from the Gospels through Gnosticism and Plotinus to what he calls Augustine's "second revelation" of the Christian faith. Ronald Srigley's translation of this seminal document helps illuminate these aspects of Camus' work. His freestanding English edition exposes readers to an important part of Camus' thought that is often overlooked by those concerned primarily with the book's literary value and supersedes the extant McBride translation by retaining a greater degree of literalness. Srigley has fully annotated Christian Metaphysics to include nearly all of Camus' original citations and has tracked down many poorly identified sources. When Camus cites an ancient primary source, whether in French translation or in the original language, Srigley substitutes a standard English translation in the interest of making his edition accessible to a wider range of readers. His introduction places the text in the context of Camus' better-known later work, explicating its relationship to those mature writings and exploring how its themes were reworked in subsequent books. Arguing that Camus was one of the great critics of modernity through his attempt to disentangle the Greeks from the Christians, Srigley clearly demonstrates the place of Christian Metaphysics in Camus' oeuvre. As the only stand-alone English version of this important work-and a long-overdue critical edition-his fluent translation is an essential benchmark in our understanding of Camus and his place in modern thought. 410 0$aEric Voegelin Institute series in political philosophy.$pStudies in religion and politics. 606 $aChristianity$xPhilosophy 606 $aMetaphysics 606 $aNeoplatonism 606 $aEvangelicalism 606 $aGnosticism 606 $aMysticism 615 0$aChristianity$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aMetaphysics. 615 0$aNeoplatonism. 615 0$aEvangelicalism. 615 0$aGnosticism. 615 0$aMysticism. 676 $a190 700 $aCamus$b Albert$f1913-1960.$0131426 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910973368103321 996 $aChristian metaphysics and neoplatonism$94473963 997 $aUNINA