Augustine [[electronic resource] /] / Gareth B. Matthews
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| Autore: |
Matthews Gareth B. <1929-2011.>
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| Titolo: |
Augustine [[electronic resource] /] / Gareth B. Matthews
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| Pubblicazione: | Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (160 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 189/.2 |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | The first-person point of view -- Augustine's life -- Skepticism -- Language -- The Augustinian cogito -- Mind--body dualism -- The problem of other minds -- Philosophical dream problems -- Time and creation -- Faith and reason -- Foreknowledge and free will -- The problem of evil -- Wanting bad things -- Lying -- Happiness. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This lucid survey takes readers on a thought-provoking tour through the life and work of Augustine. Explores new insights into one of antiquity's most important philosophers Topics Include: skepticism, language acquisition, mind-body dualism, philosophical dream problems, time and creation, faith and reason, foreknowledge and free will, and Augustine's standing as a 'Socratic philosopher'. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Augustine |
| ISBN: | 1-281-31070-0 |
| 9786611310707 | |
| 0-470-70672-4 | |
| 0-470-77600-5 | |
| 0-470-77678-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910145305103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
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Blackwell great minds.