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En route to the Confessions : the roots and development of Augustine's philosophical anthropology / by Daniel Austin Napier.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Late antique history and religion ; 6. | Late antique history and religion. Mystagogy of the church fathers ; ; 2.Publication details: Leuven : Peeters, 2013.Description: xxxvi, 348 p.; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9789042929166 (cloth binding)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BR65.A9 N37 2013
Contents:
Introduction -- pt. 1: The circular soul, salvific contemplation and the defect of action. The circular soul in contemplation : the Cassiciacum project and Augustine's early anthropology (386-387) ; Temporal soul, fallen bodies and the defect of action (Milan through Thagaste, 387-391) ; Summary conclusions for part one -- pt. 2. Augustine's priestly discovery of redemptive action. Augustine's invention of the heart : standing with Jesus between Plato and the Stoa (study leave of 391-394) ; The anthropology of grace : stoic compatibilism, psychology of the passions and grace irresistible (394-396) ; Summary conclusion for part two -- pt. 3. The cracked self and beyond : Augustine's anthropology in the Confessiones. Mirror of fallen nature : commendation to action and its perversion in Confessiones 1 ; Augustine's account of contemplation : perverse and redemptive ascents in the Confessiones ; Summary conclusions for part three -- Conclusion.
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Includes bibliography and indexes.

Introduction -- pt. 1: The circular soul, salvific contemplation and the defect of action. The circular soul in contemplation : the Cassiciacum project and Augustine's early anthropology (386-387) ; Temporal soul, fallen bodies and the defect of action (Milan through Thagaste, 387-391) ; Summary conclusions for part one -- pt. 2. Augustine's priestly discovery of redemptive action. Augustine's invention of the heart : standing with Jesus between Plato and the Stoa (study leave of 391-394) ; The anthropology of grace : stoic compatibilism, psychology of the passions and grace irresistible (394-396) ; Summary conclusion for part two -- pt. 3. The cracked self and beyond : Augustine's anthropology in the Confessiones. Mirror of fallen nature : commendation to action and its perversion in Confessiones 1 ; Augustine's account of contemplation : perverse and redemptive ascents in the Confessiones ; Summary conclusions for part three -- Conclusion.

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