Augustine

Gareth B. Matthews (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

160 Seiten

2004
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-0-631-23348-0 (ISBN)

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A survey that takes readers on a thought-provoking tour through the life and work of Augustine. It explores fresh insights into one of antiquity's most important philosophers. It includes such topics as: skepticism, language acquisition, mind-body dualism, philosophical dream problems, and Augustine's standing as a 'Socratic philosopher'.

This lucid survey takes readers on a thought-provoking tour through the life and work of Augustine.

Explores new insights into one of antiquity’s most important philosophers

Topics Include: skepticism, language acquisition, mind-body dualism, philosophical dream problems, time and creation, faith and reason, foreknowledge and free will, and Augustine’s standing as a ‘Socratic philosopher’.

Gareth B. Matthews is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts. His publications include Socratic Perplexity and the Nature of Philosophy (1999), The Augustinian Tradition (ed., 1999) and Augustine: On the Trinity – Books 8–15 (ed., 2002).

Acknowledgments viii

Translations Used ix

1 The First-Person Point of View 1

2 Augustine’s Life 7

3 Skepticism 15

4 Language 23

5 The Augustinian Cogito 34

6 Mind–Body Dualism 43

7 The Problem of Other Minds 53

8 Philosophical Dream Problems 65

9 Time And Creation 76

10 Faith And Reason 86

11 Foreknowledge And Free Will 96

12 The Problem of Evil 105

13 Wanting Bad Things 115

14 Lying 125

15 Happiness 134

Index 146

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.12.2004
Reihe/Serie	Blackwell Great Minds
Verlagsort	Hoboken
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 230 mm
Gewicht	245 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	0-631-23348-2 / 0631233482
ISBN-13	978-0-631-23348-0 / 9780631233480
Zustand	Neuware