Through a Looking Glass, Darkly

Interpreting Augustine on Faith and Reason

Inglis argues that the claim that Augustine is important because of his focus on the harmony of faith and reason is, typically, a post-nineteenth-century reading of Augustine, one that often fails to note the specific context of Augustine's statements or to situate his own presumption that reason di...

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Author:John Inglis
Published: S.n., s.l., 1994
Pages:23-29
Periodical:The University of Dayton review
Number:23
Format:Article
Topic:- Works > Epistulae > [Epistulae - numérotées] > Ep. 120
- Doctrine > Man > [Doctrine de la connaissance] > [Raison-Autorité. Raison-Foi]
Status:Needs Review
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Summary:Inglis argues that the claim that Augustine is important because of his focus on the harmony of faith and reason is, typically, a post-nineteenth-century reading of Augustine, one that often fails to note the specific context of Augustine's statements or to situate his own presumption that reason did not exist, in the concrete, apart from son. The problem of the relation between faith and reason is not generally understood against the background of neoplatonic philosophy, but according to the issues that arose in the nineteenth century. Since the author has the limited purpose of examining Augustine's conversion and 'Letter' 120, this article just begins to mount a full case for it's plausibly-argued position.