| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Augustine's Confessions; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Contributors; Introduction; 1 Augustine's Anti-Platonist Ascents*; 2 Practical Rationality and the Wills of Confessions 8*; 3 Happiness in Augustine's Confessions1; 4 The Desire for God and the Aporetic Method in Augustine's Confessions; 5 The Life of the Mind in Dramas and Dreams; 6 Thinking Eternally*; 7 The Privacy of the Mind and the Fully Approvable Reading of Scripture; 8 Intelligible Matter and the Genesis of Intellect; Index |
| Summary |
Eight new essays examine key philosophical issues raised by Augustine in his 'Confessions' - a masterpiece of world literature. They explore a range of topics including what constitutes the happy or blessed life, the role of philosophical perplexity in the search for truth, and the problems that arise in the attempt to understand minds |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 20, 2014) |
| Subject |
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. Confessiones
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| SUBJECT |
Confessiones (Augustine, of Hippo, Saint) fast |
| Subject |
Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
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RELIGION -- Christian Church -- History.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
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Church history -- Primitive and early church
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| SUBJECT |
Rome -- History -- Empire, 284-476.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115160
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| Subject |
Rome (Empire)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mann, William E., 1940- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780191788871 |
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0191788872 |
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9780191030611 |
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0191030619 |
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