Qui rêve? Songes, visions et éthique chez Augustin

Summary : When I dream that I commit an offence, must I be blamed for my dream, or for what I do in my dream ? Augustine, like most of the Western Church Fathers, answers No to that question. However, he advocates many theses which seem difficult to reconcile with the ethical neutrality of dreams. I...

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Author:Isabelle Koch
Published: S.n., s.l., 2019
Pages:61-76
Language:French
Number:4 (N° 159)
ISSN:0241-2799
Format:Article
Topic:- Doctrine > Man > [Doctrine de la connaissance] > [Connaissance sensible (le rêve)]
Status:Active
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Summary:Summary : When I dream that I commit an offence, must I be blamed for my dream, or for what I do in my dream ? Augustine, like most of the Western Church Fathers, answers No to that question. However, he advocates many theses which seem difficult to reconcile with the ethical neutrality of dreams. In particular, he considers emotions or dream thoughts as genuine affects and real acts of knowledge, which we identify as such in waking up. Taking into account the very fine-tuned phenomenology of dreams offered by Augustine, we shall try to understand why he takes for granted that in a dream, there is no sin.

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