Augustine and Roman virtue / Brian Harding.

Augustine and Roman Virtue seeks to correct what the author sees as a fundamental misapprehension in medieval thought, a misapprehension that fuels further problems and misunderstandings in the historiography of philosophy. This misapprehension is the assumption that the development of certain theme...

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Main Author: Harding, Brian (Professor of philosophy)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Continuum, ©2008.
Series:Continuum studies in philosophy.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction; 1. Knowledge of Things, Both Human and Divine; 2. Roman Virtue and the Lust for Domination; 3. Augustine's Critique of Roman Civic Virtue; 4. Augustine's Critique of Philosophical Virtue; 5. Reconsidering the Sacralization Thesis; Bibliography; Index.