The Psychological Roots of St. Augustine's Theories of Good and Evil
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3805823 |
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| Authors | Oscar Salinas (0000-0002-8744-1786, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 348-370 |
| Publication date | 1992-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Biography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-4962 • E-ISSN: 1529-1456 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/bio.2010.0883 |
| OpenAlex | W2164219411 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
Augustine's Confessions may be analyzed to show that childhood and adult disappointments in love motivated him to bond with a God that was Perfect Goodness. God's perfection was indeed the premise for theories of good and evil that brought cohesion to a self divided by childlike dependencies and adult responsibilities
Epistemology · Good and evil · Perfection · Political ponerology · Premise · Psychoanalysis · Theology · Augustinian Studies and Theology · Chemistry · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · Medieval Philosophy and Theology · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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