Augustine And Roman Virtue

Author : Brian Harding
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781441181848

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Augustine and Roman Virtue by Brian Harding Pdf

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 themes associated with medieval philosophy is due, primarily if not exclusively, to extra-philosophical religious commitments rather than philosophical argumentation, referred to here as the 'sacralization thesis'. Brian Harding explores this problem through a detailed reading of Augustine's City of God as understood in a Latin context, that is, in dialogue with Latin writers such as Cicero, Livy, Sallust and Seneca. The book seeks to revise a common reading of Augustine's critique of ancient virtue by focusing on that dialogue, while showing that his attitude towards those authors is more sympathetic, and more critical, than one might expect. Harding argues that the criticisms rest on sympathy and that Augustine's critique of ancient virtue thinks through and develops certain trends noticeable in the major figures of Latin philosophy.

Author : James Wetzel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1992-06-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521405416

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Augustine and the Limits of Virtue by James Wetzel Pdf

This sophisticated analysis of Augustine's thought on virtue and the will makes a notable contribution to Augustine studies, and casts light both on the subject of 'moral luck' and on the relationship between theology and philosophy generally.

Author : John von Heyking
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9780826263711

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Augustine and Politics as Longing in the World by John von Heyking Pdf

Saint Augustine's political thought has usually been interpreted by modern readers as suggesting that politics is based on sin. In Augustine and Politics as Longing in the World, John von Heyking shows that Augustine actually considered political life a substantive good that fulfills a human longing for a kind of wholeness. Rather than showing Augustine as supporting the Christian church's domination of politics, von Heyking argues that he held a subtler view of the relationship between religion and politics, one that preserves the independence of political life. And while many see his politics as based on a natural-law ethic or on one in which authority is conferred by direct revelation, von Heyking shows how Augustine held to an understanding of political ethics that emphasizes practical wisdom and judgment in a mode that resembles Aristotle rather than Machiavelli.

Author : Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine,Dino Bigongiari
Publisher : Regnery Publishing
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1996-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0895267047

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The Political Writings of St. Augustine by Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine,Dino Bigongiari Pdf

Here in one concise volume is St. Augustine's brilliant analysis of where faith and politics meet - casting a penetrating light on Roman civilization, the coming Middle Ages, ecclesiastical politics, and some of the most powerful ideas in the Western tradition, including Augustine's famous "just war theory" and his timeless ideas of how men should live in society.

Author : Katherine Chambers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781009383813

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Augustine on the Nature of Virtue and Sin by Katherine Chambers Pdf

Augustine of Hippo is a key figure in the history of Christianity and has had a profound impact on the course of western moral and political thought. Katherine Chambers here explores a neglected topic in Augustinian studies by offering a systematic account of the meaning that Augustine gave to the notions of virtue, vice and sin. Countering the view that he broke with classical eudaimonism, she demonstrates that Augustine's moral thought builds on the dominant approach to ethics in classical 'pagan' antiquity. A critical appraisal of this tradition reveals that Augustine remained faithful to the eudaimonist approach to ethics. Chambers also refutes the view that Augustine was a political pessimist or realist, showing that it is based upon a misunderstanding of Augustine's ideas about the virtue of justice. Providing a coherent account of key features in Augustine's ethics, her study invites a new and fresh evaluation of his influence on western moral and political thought.

Author : Allan Fitzgerald,John C. Cavadini
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 962 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 080283843X

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Augustine Through the Ages by Allan Fitzgerald,John C. Cavadini Pdf

This one-volume reference work provides the first encyclopedic treatment of the life, thought, and influence of Augustine of Hippo (A.D. 354-430), one of the greatest figures in the history of the Christian church. The product of more than 140 leading scholars throughout the world, this comprehensive encyclopedia contains over 400 articles that cover every aspect of Augustine's life and writings and trace his profound influence on the church and the development of Western thought through the past two millennia. Major articles examine in detail all of Augustine's nearly 120 extant writings, from his brief tractates to his prodigious theological works. For many readers, this volume is the only source for commentary on the numerous works by Augustine not available in English. Other articles discuss: Augustine's influence on other theologians, from contemporaries like Jerome and Ambrose to prominent figures throughout church history, such as Gregory the Great, Aquinas, Luther, Calvin, and Harnack; Augustine's life, the chaotic political events of his world, and the church's struggles with such heresies as Arianism, Donatism, Manicheism, and Pelagianism; Augustine's thoughts about philosophical problems (time, the ascent of the soul, the nature of truth), theological questions (guilt, original sin, free will, the Trinity), and cultural issues (church-state relations, Roman society).

Author : Saint Augustine (of Hippo)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Apologetics
ISBN : UCSD:31822023532419

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The City of God by Saint Augustine (of Hippo) Pdf

Author : John Doody,Kevin L. Hughes,Kim Paffenroth
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0739110098

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Augustine and Politics by John Doody,Kevin L. Hughes,Kim Paffenroth Pdf

The essays in this volume take stock of recent scholarly developments and revisit old assumptions about the significance of Augustine of Hippo for political thought. They do so from many different perspectives, examining the anthropological and theological underpinnings of Augustine's thought, his critique of politics, his development of his own political thought, and some of the later manifestations or uses of his thought in the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and today. This new vision is at once more bracing, more hopeful, and more diverse than earlier readings could have allowed.

Author : Adam Ployd
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190914141

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Augustine, Martyrdom, and Classical Rhetoric by Adam Ployd Pdf

"This monograph places Augustine's martyr discourse in the context of classical rhetoric in order to flesh out the claim that such discourse is inherently rhetorical. It is argued that Augustine's martyr discourse can be understood as rhetorical in three ways: First, Augustine develops and deploys his understanding of martyrdom within particular rhetorical contexts. This is the weakest and most general sense of "rhetorical" that will appear in this study, falling short of, yet providing the necessary context for, the more technical analyses that make up the heart of the book. Second, Augustine uses techniques of classical rhetorical argumentation to construct his martyrs and to create their theological significance. This claim refers less to techniques of ornamentation or style than it does to those techniques more associated with the category of inventio and to some degree dispositio. Third, in Augustine's depiction, the martyrs themselves are ideal Christian rhetors"--

Author : Saint Augustine (of Hippo)
Publisher : Aris and Phillips Classical Te
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780856687983

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Augustine: de Civitate Dei the City of God Book V by Saint Augustine (of Hippo) Pdf

"Book V of The City of God is of particular importance for Augustine's philosophy of history. In accounting for the prodigious growth and continuance of the Roman Empire, he dismisses secular theories of chance and fate in favour of the universal sway of divine Providence. In achieving this end, God has exploited the Roman virtues, and Christians are urged to emulate them. Both pagan and Christian leaders have contributed to Roman greatness. The book concludes with eulogies of the Christian leaders Constantine and Theodosius." --Book Jacket.

Author : RichardO. Brooks
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781351574990

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Augustine and Modern Law by RichardO. Brooks Pdf

St. Augustine and Roman law are the two bridges from Athens and Jerusalem to the world of modern law. Augustine's almost eerily modern political realism was based upon his deep appreciation of human evil, arising from his insights into the human personality, the product of his reflections on his own life and the history of his times. These insights have traveled well through the ages and are mirrored in the pages of Aquinas, Luther and Calvin, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Hannah Arendt. The articles in this volume describe the life and world of Augustine and the ways in which he conceived both justice and law. They also discuss the little recognized Augustinian contributions to the field of modern hermeneutics - the discipline which informs the art of legal interpretation. Finally, they include Augustine's valuable discussion of church/state relations, the law of just wars, and proper role and limits of coercion, and the procreative dimensions of marriage. The volume also includes an extremely useful, definitive bibliography of Augustine and the law, and will leave readers with an increased appreciation of the contributions which Augustine has made to the history of jurisprudence. No one can read Augustine and these articles on his view of the law without taking away a new view of the law itself.

Author : Sarah Stewart-Kroeker
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780192527165

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Pilgrimage as Moral and Aesthetic Formation in Augustine's Thought by Sarah Stewart-Kroeker Pdf

Augustine's dominant image for the human life is peregrinatio, which signifies at once a journey to the homeland (a pilgrimage) and the condition of exile from the homeland. For Augustine, all human beings are, in the earthly life, exiles from their true homeland: heaven. Some, but not all, become pilgrims seeking a way back to the heavenly homeland, a return mediated by the incarnate Christ. Becoming a pilgrim begins with attraction to beauty. The return journey therefore involves formation, both moral and aesthetic, in loving rightly. This image has occasioned a lot of angst in ethical thought in the last century. Augustine's vision of Christian life as a pilgrimage, his critics allege, casts a pall of groaning and longing over this life in favor of happiness in the next. Augustine's eschatological orientation robs the world of beauty and ethics of urgency. In Pilgrimage as Moral and Aesthetic Formation in Augustine's Thought, Sarah Stewart-Kroeker responds to Augustine's critics by elaborating the Christological continuity between the earthly journey and the eschatological home. Through this cohesive account of pilgrimage as a journey toward the right ordering of the desire for beauty and love for God and neighbour, Stewart-Kroeker reveals the integrity of Augustine's vision of moral and aesthetic vision. From the human desire for beauty to the embodied practice of Christian sacraments, Stewart-Kroeker develops an account of the relationship between beauty and morality as the linchpin of an Augustinian moral theology.

Author : Geoffrey Holsclaw
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781119163084

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Transcending Subjects by Geoffrey Holsclaw Pdf

Transcending Subjects: Augustine, Hegel and Theology engages the seminal figures of Hegel and Augustine around the theme of subjectivity, with consideration toward the theology and politics of freedom.

Author : Saint Augustine (of Hippo)
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-26
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780813228884

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The Quotable Augustine by Saint Augustine (of Hippo) Pdf

This book is ideal for those who wish to read some of the wisest and most wonderful sayings of Augustine. It will help all those who wish to pepper a speech, or a sermon, or an essay with the wisdom of Saint Augustine. The book is a valuable resource, too, for anyone who wants to find out "Did Augustine really say that?" and, if he did, in which of his voluminous writings it appeared. Drawn from the internationally acclaimed and successful series, the 'Fathers of the Church,' The Quotable Augustine presents a wide-ranging sample of the writings of a towering figure of the early church.

Author : Robert Dodaro
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2004-11-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781139456517

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Christ and the Just Society in the Thought of Augustine by Robert Dodaro Pdf

Christ and the Just Society in the Thought of Augustine is a study of Augustine's political thought and ethics in relation to his theology. The book examines fundamental issues in Augustine's theological and political ethics in relation to the question, 'How did Augustine conceive the just society'? At the heart of the book's approach is the relationship that Augustine outlines in his City of God and other writings between Christ and those believers who acknowledge him to be the only source of the soul's virtue. The book demonstrates how Augustine sees Christ's grace and the scriptures contributing to the soul's growth in virtue, especially as these issues are framed by the Pelagian controversy. Finally, the implications which Augustine sees for Christ's mediation of virtue are examined in relation to his revision of the ancient concepts of heroism and the statesman.