Augustine: On the Trinity Books 8-15 (Paperback)

An appropriate motto for Augustine's great work On the Trinity is 'faith in search of understanding'. In this treatise Augustine offers a part-theological, part-philosophical account of how God might be understood in analogy to the human mind. On the Trinity can be fairly described as the first modern philosophy of mind: it is the first work in philosophy to recognize the 'problem of other minds', and the first to offer the 'argument from analogy' as a response to that problem. Other subjects that it discusses include the nature of the mind and the nature of the body, the doctrine of 'illumination', and thinking as inner speech. This volume presents the philosophical section of the work, and in a historical and philosophical introduction Gareth Matthews places Augustine's arguments in context and assesses their influence on later thinkers.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy
Release date:	July 2002
First published:	2002
Authors:	Augustine
Editors:	Gareth B. Matthews
Translators:	Stephen McKenna
Dimensions:	213 x 150 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	268
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-79665-1
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	Latin
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Western philosophy, c 500 to c 1600 > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Philosophy of religion > Nature & existence of God Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Western philosophy, c 500 to c 1600 > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Philosophy of religion > Nature & existence of God Promotions
LSN:	0-521-79665-2
Barcode:	9780521796651

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