Perception, sensibility, and moral motivation in Augustine : a stoic-platonic synthesis / / Sarah Catherine Byers [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Byers Sarah Catherine <1972->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vii, 248 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 189/.2
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Perception and the language of the mind -- Motivation -- Emotions -- Preliminary passions -- Progress in joy: preliminaries to good emotions -- Cognitive therapies -- Inspiration.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book argues that Augustine assimilated the Stoic theory of perception into his theories of motivation, affectivity, therapy for the passions and moral progress. Using his sermons to elucidate his treatises, Sarah Catherine Byers demonstrates how Augustine enriched Stoic cognitivism with Platonism to develop a fuller and coherent theory of action. That theory underlies his account of moral development, including his account of the mind's reception of grace. By analyzing Augustine's engagement with Cicero, Seneca, Plotinus, Ambrose, Jerome, Origen and Philo of Alexandria, Byers sheds new light on a major thinker of the early Christian world whose work is of critical importance for understanding key and recurring themes in Western philosophy.
• Altri titoli varianti: Perception, Sensibility, & Moral Motivation in Augustine
• Titolo autorizzato: Perception sensibility, and moral motivation in Augustine
• ISBN: 1-139-85396-1; 1-107-23532-4; 1-139-84014-2; 1-139-84488-1; 1-139-84252-8; 1-139-08611-1; 1-139-84583-7; 1-283-83623-8; 1-139-84133-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452994803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II