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Augustine's 'De trinitate': Some Methodological Enquiries
In Ep. 124 Augustine tells about the difficulty he had writing De Trin., which he began as a 'iuuenis' and completed as a 'senex'. Augustine talks of 'dispositio', not of 'compositio', suggesting he had a plan of material rather than a draft. It is possible that by the time Augustine reached book 12...
| Author: | David Foster |
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| Published: |
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2006
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| Volume: | 124 |
| Pages: | 259-276 |
| Language: | English |
| Periodical: | The Downside Review |
| Number: | 437 |
| Format: | Article |
| Topic: | -
Works
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Augustine writer
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Working method. Technique of editing
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Theological method
- Works > De Trinitate > Topics > [Composition] - Works > Epistulae > [Epistulae - numérotées] > Ep. 124 (Albina, Pinianus, Melania) |
| Status: | Active |
| Summary: | In Ep. 124 Augustine tells about the difficulty he had writing De Trin., which he began as a 'iuuenis' and completed as a 'senex'. Augustine talks of 'dispositio', not of 'compositio', suggesting he had a plan of material rather than a draft. It is possible that by the time Augustine reached book 12, where he decided to come to a halt, he realized he had to deal with fundamental questions which he had not so clearly in mind at the outset. |
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Augustine's De Trinitate: Some methodological enquiries