Augustine's Confessions : philosophy in autobiography / William E. Mann.

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 problem...

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Other Authors: Mann, William E., 1940- (Editor)
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Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2014]
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505 0 |a 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 
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