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- Augustine's Love of Wisdom: An Introspective Philosophy
- Book
- 1992
- Published by: Purdue University Press
summary
Augustine's Love of Wisdom is an analytical and interpretive focus on the first thirty chapters of book ten of Augustine's Autobiographical Confessions. Bourke provides a rich synthesis of key tenets of Augustine's psychology in the context of his philosophical system and selects the most intensive writing of Augustine on the intricacies of the human psyche, providing the reader with insight on an Augustinian explanatory method, introspection.
Table of Contents
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- ABBREVIATIONS
- p. vii
- PART ONE: Introduction
- CHAPTER THREE. Ten Key Views
- pp. 32-52
- PART TWO: Text
- PART THREE: Commentary
- CHAPTER FIVE. Searching for Divine Wisdom
- pp. 117-127
- CHAPTER SIX. How God Is Known and Loved
- pp. 128-141
- CHAPTER SEVEN. Memory and Its Wonders
- pp. 142-155
- CHAPTER EIGHT. Deeper into Memory
- pp. 156-165
- CHAPTER NINE. Oblivion and Transcendence
- pp. 166-178
- CHAPTER TEN. Happiness and Immortality
- pp. 179-190
- CHAPTER ELEVEN. Eternal Truth in Memory
- pp. 191-201
- CHAPTER TWELVE. Wisdom and Sensuality
- pp. 202-209
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- pp. 215-224
Additional Information
ISBN
9781612490472
Related ISBN(s)
9781557530264
MARC Record
OCLC
606010893
Pages
240
Launched on MUSE
2012-02-08
Language
English
Open Access
No