The Fall of the Soul in Book Two of Augustine's Confessions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4065089 |
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| Authors | Mateusz Stróżyński (0000-0002-1881-8965, Department of Classical Studies, Adam Mickiewicz UniversityFredry 10, 61-701, PoznanPoland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 77-100 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-07 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Vigiliae Christianae (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0042-6032 • E-ISSN: 1570-0720 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15700720-12341248 |
| OpenAlex | W1178692321 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
The purpose of the paper is to show a mutual interaction of Platonic and Christian ideas in the pear theft narrative from Book Two of the Confessions. Augustine is provocatively questioning the Platonic theory of good, evil, and love by suggesting that in the theft he loved evil itself. He is considering three possible explanations, but is not fully content with any of them. Not having any better theory than the Platonic one, Augustine is suggesting that moral evil is completely beyond understanding. What is new in Augustine's provocative analysis is placing the irrationality and incomprehensibility of moral evil in the context of the "I-Thou" relationship of the soul with God
Art · Context (archaeology) · Epistemology · Irrationality · Literature · Narrative · Political ponerology · Soul · Theology · Thou · Augustinian Studies and Theology · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Philosophy · Theology and Philosophy of Evil
| Highly cited | No |
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