Augustine and the common good

Classical (Greco-Roman) political thought knew the concept of the common good as an ideal in civic life which was as unquestioned as it was unattainable. In City of God 19 Augustine mercilessly deconstructs the myth of ancient civic virtue and, taking Rome as example, lays bare the crisis and failur...

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Author:Josef Lössl
Published: Routledge, London-New York, 2020
Language:English
Format:Essay
Topic:- Works > De civitate Dei > civ. Dei IX
- Doctrine > Social Life > [Loi. Droit] > [Droit] > Property rights / common good
Parent Work: Christianity and Global Law
Status:Active