Augustine's Confessions

Philosophy in Autobiography
Herausgeber: Mann, William E

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Produktbeschreibung

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 problems that arise in the attempt to understand minds.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 145mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780199577552
• ISBN-10: 0199577552
• Artikelnr.: 40398125

Autorenporträt

William E. Mann received his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Minnesota. Having previously taught at St. Olaf College and Illinois State University, he is now the Marsh Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Vermont. He specializes in Medieval Philosophy and the Philosophy of Religion, and has published extensively in these fields.

Inhaltsangabe

* Contributors
* Abbreviations
* Introduction
* 1.: Peter King: Augustine's Anti-Platonic Ascents
* 2.: Tomas Ekenberg: Practical Rationality and the Wills of
Confessions VIII
* 3.: Nicholas Wolterstorff: Happiness in Augustine's Confessions
* 4.: Stephen Menn: The Desire for God and the Aporetic Method in
Augustine's Confessions
* 5.: William E. Mann: The Life of the Mind in Dramas and Dreams
* 6.: Paul Helm: Thinking Eternally
* 7.: Blake D. Dutton: The Privacy of the Mind and the Fully Approvable
Reading of Scripture: Augustine on Genesis 1:1
* 8.: Christian Tornau: Intelligible Matter and the Genesis of
Intellect: The Metamorphosis of a Plotinian Theme in Confessions
XII-XIII
* Index