Introduction -- Rhetoric and Christian identity in the Roman Empire -- Sources and method -- A classical ideal -- Classical therapy : its origins, tasks, and methods -- Psychagogy as a cultural ideal -- Psychagogy in its classical form -- Hellenistic reãnements -- Cures for the …
Augustine on the glory and the limits of philosophy / Johannes Brachtendorf -- Augustine and philosophy : intellectus fidei / Frederick van Fleteren -- Augustine's first-person perspective / Gareth B. Matthews -- Keeping time in mind : Saint Augustine's proposed solution to a pe…
"Augustine of Hippo was a philosopher as well as theologian, bishop and saint. He aimed to practice philosophy not simply as an academic discipline but as a love for divine wisdom pervading everything in his life and work. To inquire into Augustine and philosophy is thus to get …
The essays in this book, by a variety of leading Augustine scholars, examine not only Augustine's multifaceted philosophy and its relation to his epoch-making theology, but also his practice as a philosopher, as well as his relation to other philosophers both before and after hi…
"In medieval culture, the consideration of language is deeply connected to other aspects of the system of knowledge. One interesting connection takes place between theories of language and theories of larger concepts such as love and desire. The Syntax of Desire is an interdisci…
[Omslag] The term 'Augustinianism' has been used by scholars for over a century to refer to trends in medieval philosophy, theology, and politics, which had a major effect on the transformations of European culture and society from the Middle Ages to the onset of modernity. Yet …
A renaissance of Augustinianism? -- The rebirth of Augustine -- The Sermones ad fratres in eremo -- Augustine imagined -- The religio Augustini -- Conclusion : Augustine, the Augustinian, and Augustinianism in the later Middle Ages
