El texto de uera rel. 3,3

Un diálogo platónico escrito por san Agustín

Abstract : In the present article, after reviewing the existing bibliography on De uera religione, a study is made of the text of the uera rel. 3,3, where St. Augustine presents what we have calles a Platonic dialogue written by the Doctor of Hippo himself. The dialogue is analysed, pr...

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Author:Cristina de la Fuente
Published: S.n., s.l., 2022
Volume:67
Pages:53-65
Language:Spanish
Periodical:Augustinus
Number:264-265
ISSN:004-802X
Format:Article
Topic:- Biography > Relations and Sources > Platonism - Neo-platonism
- Works > Augustine writer > Language. Style. Structure > Style > Dialogues
- Works > Doctrinal works > De vera religione
- Works > Augustine writer > Language. Style. Structure > Structure
Status:Active
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Summary:Abstract : In the present article, after reviewing the existing bibliography on De uera religione, a study is made of the text of the uera rel. 3,3, where St. Augustine presents what we have calles a Platonic dialogue written by the Doctor of Hippo himself. The dialogue is analysed, presenting first of all the lectio magistralis that Augustine puts in Plato's mouth, pointing out from this discourse the contingency of created beings and their link with the concept of creatio ex nihilo that Augustine himself had already presented some years before in the De Genesi aduersus manicheos. Subsequently, the article highlights the reflection on the human being as a rational entity capable of contemplating the Beauty and Greatness of God, as well as the impediments that may exist for this. Finally, the article exposes what we have called the 'myth of the perfect man', with which St. Augustine, in imitation of Plato himself, closes his dialogue with a myth with which he synthesizes all that he had affirmed up to this point.

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