Augustine's invention of the inner self: the legacy of a Christian Platonist
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1. Verfasser: Cary, Phillip 1958- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2000
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-205) and index
The kinship of soul and Platonic form -- Identity from Aristotle to Plotinus -- Augustine reads Plotinus -- Problems of Christina Platonism -- Inward turn and intellectual vision -- Explorations of divine reason -- An abandoned proof -- Change of mind -- Inner privacy and fallen embodiment -- The origin of inner space
Phillip Cary argues that Augustine invented or created the concept of self as an inner space-as space into which one can enter and in which one can find God. This concept of inwardness, says Cary, has worked its way deeply into the intellectual heritage of the West and many Western individuals have experienced themselves as inner selves. After surveying the idea of inwardness in Augustine's predecessors, Cary offers a re-examination of Augustine's own writings, making the controversial point that in his early writings Augustine appears to hold that the human soul is quite literally divine. Cary goes on to contend that the crucial Book 7 of the Confessions is not a historical report of Augustine's "conversion" experience, but rather an explanation of his intellectual development over time
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 214 pages)
ISBN:0195132068
128047288X
1423756886
9781280472886
9781423756880

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