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Augustine's Confessions - Philosophy in Autobiography (Hardcover)
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Augustine's Confessions - Philosophy in Autobiography (Hardcover)
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Augustine's Confessions is a masterpiece of world literature.
Written by Augustine in his forties, at the height of his
philosophical and rhetorical skills, the Confessions is at once
autobiographical, philosophical, theological, and psychological.
The aim of the eight essays commissioned for the present volume is
to provide an examination and discussion of some of the
philosophical issues raised by Augustine. What constitutes the
happy or blessed life and what is required to achieve it? The
essays question the role that philosophical perplexity plays in the
search for truth, and the mental discipline that is required for
conducting the search; in addition to asking how Augustine depicts
the acquisition of truth as a vision of God. Furthermore, they
discuss the problems that arise in the attempt to understand minds,
both our own and others, and ask about the interplay between what
reason tells us is right and what we will to do. What are the
impediments to an individual's moral progress, and how far are
these impediments created by the temptations to indulge in such
fictions as dramas and dreams? What is the nature of eternity, and
how does eternity differ from time? How should scripture be
interpreted, especially the account of creation of the material
world in Genesis? Readers with a basic knowledge of Augustine may
perceive him to be simply a powerful definer and defender of
religious orthodoxy, a figure who ranks behind only Jesus and Paul
in the development of a distinctively Christian world-view. For
such readers the intellectual honesty and psychological candour of
the Confessions should come as a pleasant surprise.
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