The 'loquaces muti' and the 'Verbum infans'

Paradox and Language in the 'Confessiones' of St. Augustine

A.'s use of rhetoric has been emphasized in many recent attempts to analyze the African Bisshop's works. E.C. spells out A.'s use of rhetoric and especially some of the paradoxical language in the 'Confessiones'. E.C. points out the opposition of th empty words of the ancint rhetors and the fruitf...

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Author:Ellen C. Caldwell
Pages:101-111
Language:English
Notes:Augustinian Historical Institute, Villanova University.
Format:Essay
Topic:- Works > Augustine writer > Rhetoric. Dialectic
- Works > Augustine writer > Language. Style. Structure > Language
- Works > Augustine writer > Poetry
- Works > Confessiones
Parent Work: Augustine: 'Second Founder of the Faith'
Status:Active
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Summary:A.'s use of rhetoric has been emphasized in many recent attempts to analyze the African Bisshop's works. E.C. spells out A.'s use of rhetoric and especially some of the paradoxical language in the 'Confessiones'. E.C. points out the opposition of th empty words of the ancint rhetors and the fruitful silence of divine activity in A.'s life. The 'res et uerbum' distinction is of course important in Augustine and the opposition between literature and philosophy has been axomatic since the time of Plato.

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