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Author Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430, author

Title Against the academics / [St. Augustine] ; translation, annotation, and commentary by Michael P. Foley
Published New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
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Series Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. Cassiciacum dialogues. English (Foley) ; v. 1
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Translation Key; General Introduction to the Cassiciacum Dialogues; CHAPTER 1: AGAINST THE ACADEMICS, OR, ON THE ACADEMICS; INTRODUCTION; BOOK ONE; BOOK TWO; BOOK THREE; COMMENTARY; CHAPTER 2: Time Line: The Probable Chronology of the Cassiciacum Retreat; CHAPTER 3: Glossary of Select Names; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Z
Summary A fresh, new translation of Augustine's inaugural work as a Christian convert The first four works written by St. Augustine of Hippo after his conversion to Christianity are the remarkable "Cassiciacum dialogues." In this first dialogue, expertly translated by Michael Foley, Augustine and his interlocutors explore the history and teachings of Academic skepticism, which Augustine is both sympathetic to and critical of. The dialogue serves as a fitting launching point for a knowledge of God and the soul, the overall subject of the Cassiciacum tetralogy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 5, 2019)
Subject Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. Cassiciacum dialogues.
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. Dialogues.
SUBJECT Dialogues (Augustine, of Hippo, Saint) fast
Subject Theology -- Early works to 1800.
Philosophy -- Early works to 1800
RELIGION -- Christian Church -- History.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
Philosophy
Theology
Genre/Form dialogues.
Dialogues (Literature)
Early works
Dialogues (Literature)
Dialogues (Littérature)
Form Electronic book
Author Foley, Michael P., 1970- translator, editor.
ISBN 9780300244878
0300244878
Other Titles Contra academicos. English (Foley)