Augustine's invention of the inner self : the legacy of a Christian Platonist /

Phillip Cary argues that Augustine invented or created the concept of self as an inner space-as space into which one can enter and in which one can find God. This concept of inwardness, says Cary, has worked its way deeply into the intellectual heritage of the West and many Western individuals have...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cary, Phillip, 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Subjects:
Augustine, > of Hippo, Saint, > 354-430.
Plotinus > Influence.
Augustin, > saint, évêque d'Hippone > Et l'âme.
Augustine, > of Hippo, Saint, > 354-430
Plotinus
30-600
Soul > Christianity > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Soul > History of doctrines.
Soul > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Âme > Histoire des doctrines > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Âme > Histoire des doctrines.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Medieval.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Soul > History of doctrines
Zelf.
Godskennis.
Platonisme.
Soul - History of doctrines - Early church, ca. 30-600
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo - Contributions in doctrine of soul
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The kinship of soul and Platonic form
  • Identity from Aristotle to Plotinus
  • Augustine reads Plotinus
  • Problems of Christina Platonism
  • Inward turn and intellectual vision
  • Explorations of divine reason
  • An abandoned proof
  • Change of mind
  • Inner privacy and fallen embodiment
  • The origin of inner space.

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