'Was St. Augustine a Neoplatonist or a Christian?'
Old Question, New Approach
L.S. takes up a question that has been explored with various answers for more than a hundred years. According to L.S., A. is more of a monist than previously thought and undervalues the real existence of individuals in his writings. L.S. completely ignores Courcelle's opinion that Christianity or Ne...
Author: | Leo Sweeney |
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Pages: | 403-420 |
Language: | English |
Format: | Essay |
Topic: | -
Biography
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Relations and Sources
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Platonism - Neo-platonism
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General studies
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Neo-platonism
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Parent Work: | Augustine: 'Second Founder of the Faith' |
Status: | Active |
Summary: | L.S. takes up a question that has been explored with various answers for more than a hundred years. According to L.S., A. is more of a monist than previously thought and undervalues the real existence of individuals in his writings. L.S. completely ignores Courcelle's opinion that Christianity or Neoplatonism is a false dichotomy. S. approach to this question is not so new as he asserts. In fact, the returns to the pre-Courcelle statement of the question. That the individual human has real existence in the writings of A. can hardly be denied. |
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