Inner Dialogue in Augustine and Anselm
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5046447 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gareth B Matthews (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 283-302 |
| Publication date | 2007-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Poetics Today (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0333-5372 • E-ISSN: 1527-5507 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/03335372-2006-023 |
| OpenAlex | W2017507609 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
In the Theaetetus, Plato has Socrates propose that thinking is a discussion the soul has with itself. But Plato never wrote a philosophical work in the form of an inner dialogue. Augustine's Soliloquies is the first such work. Writing in this form, Augustine is inspired to treat what can be expressed by "I exist" as a philosophically significant piece of knowledge and to entertain Berkeleyan idealism as a serious hypothesis. He also presents two philosophical perplexities concerning prayer, which he leaves unresolved. Anselm's Proslogion, which is both a prayer and an inner dialogue, offers a robust response to perplexities of the sort that troubled Augustine
Art · Epistemology · Literature · Theology · Augustinian Studies and Theology · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · Philosophy · Theology and Philosophy of Evil
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2013 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |