E pluribus unum bei Augustin
One was right attributing the formula E pluribus unum to Augustine, who appreciated it for its contradictory character emloying in in many different contexts. Immediately the passage in the Confessiones comes to mind: here the expression relates to a personal erotical friendship in his youth. A more...
Author: | Wolfgang Hübner |
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Published: |
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2011
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Volume: | 57 |
Pages: | 137-144 |
Language: | German |
Periodical: | Revue d'études augustiniennes et patristiques |
Number: | 1 |
Format: | Article |
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Summary: | One was right attributing the formula E pluribus unum to Augustine, who appreciated it for its contradictory character emloying in in many different contexts. Immediately the passage in the Confessiones comes to mind: here the expression relates to a personal erotical friendship in his youth. A more engaging use of the expression can be found in his philosophical (aesthetical and numerological) and theological (ecclesiological and christological) works, such as the Enarrationes in psalmos , and the De trinitate (the gospel of St. John). |
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