Self And City In The Thought Of Saint Augustine
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Self And City In The Thought Of Saint Augustine
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Author : Ben Holland
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2019-07-30
Self And City In The Thought Of Saint Augustine written by Ben Holland and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-30 with Political Science categories.
Self and City in the Thought of Saint Augustine explores the analogy between the self and political society in the thought of St. Augustine of Hippo. This analogy is an important theme in the history of political thought. Attempts have been made to understand the state by examining the soul (since Plato), the body (as in medieval theories of the body politic) and the person (surviving to this day in such concepts as international legal personality). This book aims to reinstate the Augustinian part of the story. It argues that Augustine develops three analogies between self and city, as a society ordered by love: self-love in the case of the Earthly City; divided but improving love in the Pilgrim City; and love of others and of God in the City of God. It supplies thereby an overview of Augustine’s intellectual ‘system’ as it touches upon theology, psychology and anthropology, as well as politics, and also provides a new interpretation of Augustine’s important definition of the republic.
The City Of God
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Author : Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.)
language : en
Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers
Release Date : 2009
The City Of God written by Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.) and has been published by Hendrickson Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Religion categories.
"The human mind can understand truth only by thinking, as is clear from Augustine." --Saint Thomas Aquinas Saint Augustine of Hippo is one of the central figures in the history of Christianity, and this book is one of his greatest theological works. Written as an eloquent defense of the faith at a time when the Roman Empire was on the brink of collapse, it examines the ancient pagan religions of Rome, the arguments of the Greek philosophers and the revelations of the Bible. Pointing the way forward to a citizenship that transcends worldly politics and will last for eternity, this book is one of the most influential documents in the development of Christianity. One of the great cornerstones in the history of Christian thought, "The City of God "is vital to an understanding of modern Western society and how it came into being. Begun in A.D. 413, the book's initial purpose was to refute the charge that Christianity was to blame for the fall of Rome (which had occurred just three years earlier). Indeed, Augustine produced a wealth of evidence to prove that paganism bore within itself the seeds of its own destruction. However, over the next thirteen years that it took to complete the work, the brilliant ecclesiastic proceeded to his larger theme: a cosmic interpretation of history in terms of the struggle between good and evil. By means of his contrast of the earthly and heavenly cities--the one pagan, self-centered, and contemptuous of God and the other devout, God-centered, and in search of grace--Augustine explored and interpreted human history in relation to eternity.
The City Of God
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Author : Aurelius Augustine
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2018-11-29
The City Of God written by Aurelius Augustine and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-29 with categories.
"The human mind can understand truth only by thinking, as is clear from Augustine."--Saint Thomas Aquinas Saint Augustine of Hippo is one of the central figures in the history of Christianity, and this book is one of his greatest theological works. Written as an eloquent defense of the faith at a time when the Roman Empire was on the brink of collapse, it examines the ancient pagan religions of Rome, the arguments of the Greek philosophers and the revelations of the Bible. Pointing the way forward to a citizenship that transcends worldly politics and will last for eternity, this book is one of the most influential documents in the development of Christianity. One of the great cornerstones in the history of Christian thought, "The City of God "is vital to an understanding of modern Western society and how it came into being. Begun in A.D. 413, the book's initial purpose was to refute the charge that Christianity was to blame for the fall of Rome (which had occurred just three years earlier). Indeed, Augustine produced a wealth of evidence to prove that paganism bore within itself the seeds of its own destruction. However, over the next thirteen years that it took to complete the work, the brilliant ecclesiastic proceeded to his larger theme: a cosmic interpretation of history in terms of the struggle between good and evil. By means of his contrast of the earthly and heavenly cities--the one pagan, self-centered, and contemptuous of God and the other devout, God-centered, and in search of grace--Augustine explored and interpreted human history in relation to eternity.
The City Of God
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Author : St. St. Augustine
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-07-29
The City Of God written by St. St. Augustine and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-29 with categories.
How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About The City of God by St. Augustine The City of God is a book of Christian philosophy written in Latin by St. Augustine in the early 5th century AD. The book was in response to allegations that Christianity brought about the decline of Rome and is considered one of Augustine's most important works, standing alongside The Confessions, The Enchiridion, On Christian Doctrine and On the Trinity. As a work of one of the most influential Church Fathers, The City of God is a cornerstone of Western thought, expounding on many profound questions of theology, such as the suffering of the righteous, the existence of evil, the conflict between free will and divine omniscience, and the doctrine of original sin. The book presents human history as a conflict between what Augustine calls the Earthly City (often colloquially referred to as the City of Man) and the City of God, a conflict that is destined to end in victory for the latter. The City of God is marked by people who forgot earthly pleasure to dedicate themselves to the eternal truths of God, now revealed fully in the Christian faith. The Earthly City, on the other hand, consists of people who have immersed themselves in the cares and pleasures of the present, passing world. Augustine's thesis depicts the history of the world as universal warfare between God and the Devil. This metaphysical war is not limited by time but only by geography on Earth. In this war, God moves (by divine intervention/ Providence) those governments, political /ideological movements and military forces aligned (or aligned the most) with the Catholic Church (the City of God) in order to oppose by all means--including military--those governments, political/ideological movements and military forces aligned (or aligned the most) with the Devil (the City of Devil).
The Political Writings Of St Augustine
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Author : Dino Bigongiari
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-06-01
The Political Writings Of St Augustine written by Dino Bigongiari and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-01 with categories.
The Problem Of Self Love In St Augustine
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Author : Oliver O'Donovan
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2006-11-01
The Problem Of Self Love In St Augustine written by Oliver O'Donovan and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11-01 with Religion categories.
The primal destruction of man was self-love. There is no one who does not love himself; but one must search for the right love and avoid the warped. Indeed you did not love yourself when you did not love the God who made you. These three sentences set side by side show why the problem of self-love in St. Augustine of Hippo constitutes a problem. Self-love is loving God; it is also hating God. Self-love is common to all men; it is restricted to those who love God. Mutually incompatible assertions about self-love jostle one another and demand to be reconciled. --from the Introduction In saying that self-love finds its only true expression in love of God Augustine is formulating in one of many possible ways a principle fundamental to his metaphysical and ethical outlook, namely that moral obligation derives from an obligation to God which is at the same time a call to self-fulfillment. --from the Conclusion
Augustine S City Of God
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Author : James Wetzel
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2012-10-04
Augustine S City Of God written by James Wetzel and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This volume addresses the complex and conflicted vision in Augustine's City of God, as a heavenly city on earthly pilgrimage.
Let Me Know Myself
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Author : Donald X. Burt
language : en
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Release Date : 2002
Let Me Know Myself written by Donald X. Burt and has been published by Liturgical Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Religion categories.
Offers reflections on what one can learn about oneself from experience and faith.
The Confessions Of St Augustine
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Author : Saint Augustine of Hippo
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2023-11-25
The Confessions Of St Augustine written by Saint Augustine of Hippo and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-25 with Religion categories.
Confessions is an autobiographical work by Saint Augustine of Hippo, consisting of 13 books written in Latin between AD 397 and 400. The work outlines Saint Augustine's sinful youth and his conversion to Christianity. The work provides an unbroken record of Saint Augustine's development of thought and is the most complete record of any single person from the 4th and 5th centuries. It is a significant theological work, featuring spiritual meditations and insights. In the work, Augustine writes about how he regrets having led a sinful and immoral life. He discusses his regrets for following the Manichaean religion and believing in astrology. He writes about his friend Nebridius's role in helping to persuade him that astrology was not only incorrect but evil, and Saint Ambrose's role in his conversion to Christianity. The first nine books are autobiographical and the last four are commentary and significantly more philosophical. He shows intense sorrow for his sexual sins and writes on the importance of sexual morality. The books were written as prayers to God, thus the title, based on the Psalms of David. The work is thought to be divisible into books which symbolize various aspects of the Trinity and trinitarian belief. Confessions is generally considered one of Augustine's most important texts. It is widely seen as the first Western Christian autobiography ever written, and was an influential model for Christian writers throughout the Middle Ages.
In The Self S Place
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Author : Jean-Luc Marion
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2012-10-24
In The Self S Place written by Jean-Luc Marion and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-24 with Religion categories.
In the Self's Place is an original phenomenological reading of Augustine that considers his engagement with notions of identity in Confessions. Using the Augustinian experience of confessio, Jean-Luc Marion develops a model of selfhood that examines this experience in light of the whole of the Augustinian corpus. Towards this end, Marion engages with noteworthy modern and postmodern analyses of Augustine's most "experiential" work, including the critical commentaries of Jacques Derrida, Martin Heidegger, and Ludwig Wittgenstein. Marion ultimately concludes that Augustine has preceded postmodernity in exploring an excess of the self over and beyond itself, and in using this alterity of the self to itself, as a driving force for creative relations with God, the world, and others. This reading establishes striking connections between accounts of selfhood across the fields of contemporary philosophy, literary studies, and Augustine's early Christianity.