Augustine and the problem of power : the essays and lectures of Charles Norris Cochrane /

More than seventy years after his untimely death, this collection of essays and lectures provides the first appearance of Charles Norris Cochrane's follow-up to his seminal work, Christianity and Classical Culture. Augustine and the Problem of Power provides an accessible entrance into the vast...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cochrane, Charles Norris, 1889-1945 (Author)
Other Authors:	Beer, David (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Eugene : Cascade Books, [2017]
Subjects:	Augustine, > of Hippo, Saint, > 354-430. Power (Christian theology) Civilization, Greco-Roman.

Table of Contents:

Augustine and the problem of power
The Latin spirit in literature
The classical idea of the commonwealth
Pax romana
Revolution: Caesarism
Niccolò Machiavelli
The mind of Edward Gibbon.