The Great in the Small: Donoso Cortés' Variation on a Theme from the Civitas Dei

Donose Cortès s'est inspiré d'Augustin dans ses conceptions politiques. Etudes de la manière dont Donoso Cortès utilise dans son oeuvre la Cité de Dieu: "This belief (History is retrecting not advancing), joined to an almost pathological pessimis, the Spanish penchant for exageration and high drama,...

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Author:R.A. Herrera
Published: S.n., s.l., 1988
Volume:38
Pages:140-147
Periodical:Augustiniana
Number:1-4
Format:Article
Topic:- Influence and Survival > [Époque Contemporaine (1789-1960)] > Authors > Donoso Cortes (Juan, 1809-1853)
Status:Active
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Summary:Donose Cortès s'est inspiré d'Augustin dans ses conceptions politiques. Etudes de la manière dont Donoso Cortès utilise dans son oeuvre la Cité de Dieu: "This belief (History is retrecting not advancing), joined to an almost pathological pessimis, the Spanish penchant for exageration and high drama, and a mind which was scarcely at home in the rarified air of high speculation, generated his adoption of Augustine's two Cities".