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Augustine and Modernity

By Michael Hanby

Augustine and Modernity Philosophy

Augustine and Modernity

By Michael Hanby

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"Augustine and Modernity" is a fresh and challenging addition to current debates on the 'continuity theory' Michael Hanby reveals the modern concept of will that emerges in Descartes' work as the product of a conception of self more proper to Stoic theories of immanence than to Augustine's own rigorous understandings of the Trinity, creation, self and will. Though Augustine's encounter with Stoicism ultimately resulted in much of his teaching being transferred to Descartes and other modern thinkers in an adulterated form, Hanby draws critical attention to Augustine's own disillusionment with Stoicism and his interrogation of Stoic philosophy in the name of Christ and the Trinity. Representative of a new school of theology willing to engage critically with other disciplines and to challenge their authority, "Augustine and" "Modernity" offers a comprehensive new interpretation of De Trinitate and of Augustinian concepts of will and soul. Revealing how much of what is now thought of as 'Augustinian' in fact has its genealogy in Stoic asceticism, it interprets the modern nihilistic Cartesian subject not as a logical consequence of a true Christian Trinitarian theology, but rather of its perversion and abandonment.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
306
Release Date:
2003-04-17
Publication Date:
2003-04-17
Publisher:
Routledge
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0415284686
ISBN13:
9780415284684
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
650 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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