The mysticism of Saint Augustine : re-reading the Confessions / / John Peter Kenney
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| Autore: |
Kenney John Peter
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| Titolo: |
The mysticism of Saint Augustine : re-reading the Confessions / / John Peter Kenney
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (177 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 270.2092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Mysticism - History - Early church, ca. 30-600 |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Part I FLIGHT TO THE ALONE; Part II VISION AT OSTIA; Part III A LIVING SOUL OF THE FAITHFUL; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Augustine's vision at Ostia is one of the most influential accounts of mystical experience in the Western tradition, and a subject of persistent interest to Christians, philosophers and historians. This book explores Augustine's account of his experience as set down in the Confessions and considers his mysticism in relation to his classical Platonist philosophy. John Peter Kenney argues that while the Christian contemplative mysticism created by Augustine is in many ways founded on Platonic thought, Platonism ultimately fails Augustine in that it cannot retain the truths that it a |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The mysticism of Saint Augustine |
| ISBN: | 1-134-44272-6 |
| 1-280-21681-6 | |
| 9786610216819 | |
| 0-203-01893-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910451086503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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