The Cambridge Companion to Augustine

by Eleonore Stump (Editor), Norman Kretzmann (Editor)

Overview

It is hard to overestimate the importance of the work of Augustine of Hippo, both in his own period and in the subsequent history of Western philosophy. Until the thirteenth century, when he may have had a competitor in Thomas Aquinas, he was the most important philosopher of the medieval period. Many of his views, including his theory of the just war, his account of time and eternity, his understanding of the will, his attempted resolution of the problem of evil, and his approach to the relation of faith and reason, have continued to be influential up to the present time. In this 2001 volume of specially-commissioned essays, sixteen scholars provide a wide-ranging and stimulating contribution to our understanding of Augustine, covering all the major areas of his philosophy and theology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781139815970
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	03/15/2001
Series:	Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

Table of Contents

Introduction Eleonore Stump; 1. Augustine: his time and lives James J. O'Donnell; 2. Faith and reason John Rist; 3. Augustine on evil and original sin William Mann; 4. Predestination, pelagianism and foreknowledge James Wetzel; 5. Biblical interpretation Thomas Williams; 6. The divine nature Scott MacDonald; 7. De Trinitate Mary T. Clark; 8. Time and creation in Augustine Simo Knuuttila; 9. Augustine's theory of soul Roland Teske; 10. Augustine on free will Eleonore Stump; 11. Augustine's philosophy of memory Roland Teske; 12. The response to skepticism and the mechanisms of cognition Gerard O'Daly; 13. Knowledge and illumination Gareth Matthews; 14. Augustine's philosophy of language Christopher Kirwan; 15. Augustine's ethics Bonnie Kent; 16. Augustine's political philosophy Paul Weithman; 17. Augustine and medieval philosophy Martin Stone; 18. Post-medieval Augustinianism Gareth Matthews.

Editorial Reviews

"This book, which should be in every scholarly library, can easily be used for graduate courses on Augustine's thought." Religious Studies Review

"Augustine's thought is so rich and the scholarship on it is so diverse."...she and her late coeditor have assembled a volume impressive not only for the high quality of its 18 essays by 16 scholars (15 of whom teach at North American and British universities and colleges, and one, at the Univ. of Helsinki), but also for its range of coverage...no university or college library with serious holding in religious or humanistic studies should be without this book." CHOICE Jan 2002

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