Augustine's invention of the inner self
the legacy of a Christian Platonist
Abstract: Phillip Cary argues that Augustine invented the concept of the self as a private inner space - a space into which one can enter and in which one can find God. This study pinpoints what was new about his philosophy of inwardness and situates it within a narrative of his intellectual develop...
Author: | Phillip S. Cary |
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Published: |
Oxford University Press,
New York,
2000
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Language: | English |
Notes: | Also published as E-book (Barnes & Noble). |
Total Pages: | XVII, 214 |
ISBN: | 0195132068 |
Format: | Book |
Topic: | -
Biography
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Relations and Sources
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Platonism - Neo-platonism
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Plato
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Platonism of Augustine / of the Fathers
- Biography > Relations and Sources > Platonism - Neo-platonism > Plato > Platonism (Christian) > Anthropology - Works > Doctrinal works > De diversis quaestionibus 83 > div. qu. 46 - Doctrine > Man > Interiority - Doctrine > Man > [Doctrine de la connaissance] > [Connaissance de soi. Le cogito] > [Le moi - subjectivité] |
Status: | Active |