'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...

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Bibliographic Details
Author:Leo Sweeney
Pages:403-420
Language:English
Format:Essay
Topic:- Biography > Relations and Sources > Platonism - Neo-platonism > General studies > Neo-platonism
Parent Work: Augustine: 'Second Founder of the Faith'
Status:Active
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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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