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"A delightful and penetrating essay on Augustine's view of friendship (264-282) which is cast as a sort of meditative commentary on Confessions IV, 4 ff, the account of Augustine's unnamed friend of Thagaste, whose sudden and early death evoked such profound grief in the young Manichaean auditor. Lo...

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Author:Johannes Baptist Lotz
Published: S.n., s.l., 1984
Volume:13
Pages:264-282
Periodical:Bulletin de théologie ancienne et médiévale
Format:Article
Topic:- Works > Confessiones > Conf. IV > Conf. IV, 4 > [Amiti]
- Doctrine > From man to God > [Morale] > [Charité. Amitié] > Friendship
Status:Needs Review
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Summary:"A delightful and penetrating essay on Augustine's view of friendship (264-282) which is cast as a sort of meditative commentary on Confessions IV, 4 ff, the account of Augustine's unnamed friend of Thagaste, whose sudden and early death evoked such profound grief in the young Manichaean auditor. Lotz enters into the text at its deepest level, to produce a masterly analysis of the emotions and thoughts of the young Augustine in the face of frienship and death"