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The Political and Social Ideas of Saint Augustine

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A critical essay on St. Augustine's social and political thought.In describing Augustine, the author captures the essence of the man in these words: "Genius he had in full measure... he is the mast...
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A critical essay on St. Augustine's social and political thought.

In describing Augustine, the author captures the essence of the man in these words: "Genius he had in full measure... he is the master of the phrase or the sentence that embodies a penetrating insight, a flash of lightning that illuminates the entire sky; he is the rhetorician, the epigrammist, the polemicist, but not the patient, logical systematic philosopher."

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Price: $50.00
Pages: 376
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Publication Date: 22 February 1966
Trim Size: 5.20 X 7.80 in
ISBN: 9780231085694
Format: Paperback
BISACs:

POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, PHILOSOPHY / General
Professor Deane has been remarkably successful in keeping different facets of Augustine's multi-dimensional thought in view...[he] significantly contributes both to historical understanding of Augustine's political thinking and to appreciation of its permanent relevance to the moral dilemmas of politics

A Note on Texts and Translations
Introduction
1. The Theology of Fallen Man
2. The Psychology of Fallen Man
3. Morality and Justice, Natural and Remedial
4. The State: The Return of Order upon Disorder
5. War and Relations Among States
6. Church, State and Heresy
Conclusion
Abbreciations
Notes
Bibliography
Index