Augustine's intellectual conversion

the journey from Platonism to Christianity

Augustine's intellectual conversion
Brian Dobell, Brian Dobell
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Augustine's intellectual conversion

the journey from Platonism to Christianity

"This book examines Augustine's intellectual conversion from Platonism to Christianity, as described at Confessions 7.9.13-21.27. It is widely assumed that this occurred in the summer of 386, shortly before Augustine's volitional conversion in the garden at Milan. Brian Dobell argues, however, that Augustine's intellectual conversion did not occur until the mid 390s, and develops this claim by comparing Confessions 7.9.13-21.27 with a number of important passages and themes from Augustine's early writings. He thus invites the reader to consider anew the problem of Augustine's conversion in 386: was it to Platonism or Christianity? His original and important study will be of interest to a wide range of readers in the history of philosophy and the history of theology."--Page preceeding t. p.

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English
Pages
250

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Augustine's intellectual conversion: the journey from Platonism to Christianity
2009, Cambridge University Press
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Table of Contents

Augustine's conversion to Christianity
The way of authority
The development of Augustine's Christology
The way of reason
The problem of evil and the development of Augustine's metaphysics
The graded ascent
The rejection of Platonic ascent
The Ostia ascent
Augustine the Porphyrian.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-245) and index.

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Cambridge, New York

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Library of Congress
BR140 .D63 2009

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Pagination
xvii, 250 p. ;
Number of pages
250

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Open Library
OL24040700M
ISBN 10
0521513391
ISBN 13
9780521513395
LCCN
2010275267
OCLC/WorldCat
320802292

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