Description: Augustinian Tradition, Paperback by Matthews, Gareth B. (EDT), ISBN 0520210018, ISBN-13 9780520210011, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Augustine, probably the single thinker who did the most to Christianize the classical learning of ancient Greece and Rome, exerted a remarkable influence on medieval and modern thought, and he speaks forcefully and directly to twentieth-century readers as well. The most widely read of his writings today are, no doubt, his Confessions—the first significant autobiography in world literature—and The City of God. The preoccupations of those two works, like those of Augustine's less well-known writings, include self-examination, human motivation, dreams, skepticism, language, time, war, and history—topics that still fascinate and perplex us 1,600 years later. The Augustinian Tradition, like a number of recent single-authored books, expresses a new interest among contemporary philosophers in interpreting Augustine freshly for readers today. These articles, most of them written expressly for th, present Augustine's ideas in a way that respects their historical context and the long history of their influence. Yet the authors, among whom are some of the best philosophers writing in English today, make clear the relevance of Augustine's ideas to present-day debates in philosophy, literary studies, and the history of ideas and religion. Students and scholars will find that these essays provide impressive evidence of the persisting vitality of Augustine's thought.
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Book Title: Augustinian Tradition
Number of Pages: 450 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Augustinian Tradition
Publisher: University of California Press
Subject: Religious, Political, Christianity / General
Publication Year: 1998
Item Height: 1.1 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 20.8 Oz
Subject Area: Religion, Philosophy, Biography & Autobiography
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Gareth B. Matthews
Item Width: 6 in
Series: Philosophical Traditions Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
