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Rhetoric, Dialectic, and the Discovery of the True in Augustine's Confessions

In Conf. V Augustine projects a style of philosophizing newly adjusted to the discovery of God. In it dialectical reason must yield its place as the way to wisdom to a rhetoric transfigured by a new interior organization of the soul, in short, by the pietas of confession.

Bibliographic Details
Author:Raymond D. Di Lorenzo
Published: S.n., s.l., 1983
Pages:117-128
Periodical:Augustinian Studies
Number:14
Format:Article
Topic:- Works > Studies on Vocabulary/Themes > Topics - Latin vocabulary > C > Confessio / confiteri
- Works > Studies on Vocabulary/Themes > Topics - Latin vocabulary > P > Pietas
- Works > Confessiones
- Doctrine > Man > [Doctrine de la connaissance] > [Raison-Autorité. Raison-Foi] > Ratio, Reason
- Doctrine > From man to God > [Morale] > [Sagesse. Science et Sagesse. Vie contemplative] > [Science et sagesse]
Status:Needs Review
Description
Summary:In Conf. V Augustine projects a style of philosophizing newly adjusted to the discovery of God. In it dialectical reason must yield its place as the way to wisdom to a rhetoric transfigured by a new interior organization of the soul, in short, by the pietas of confession.

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