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Saint Augustine of Hippo : an Intellectual Biography.

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In a stimulating and provocative reinterpretation of Augustine's ideas and their position in the Western intellectual tradition, Miles Hollingworth, though well versed in the latest scholarship, draws his inspiration largely from the actual narrative of Augustine's life. By this means he r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hollingworth, Miles
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Scholarship Online, 2013.
Subjects:
Augustine, > of Hippo, Saint, > 354-430.
Augustine, > of Hippo, Saint, > 354-430
Christian saints > Algeria > Hippo (Extinct city) > Biography.
Religious.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
History.
RELIGION.
Christian saints
Algeria > Hippo (Extinct city)
Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology of the main events in Augustine's life covered in this book; 1 Out of Africa; 2 Augustine's intellectual milieu; 3 Augustine's remarks on his parents; 4 Reflections on infancy; 5 Traumas of initiation into the Earthly City; 6 Cicero and a sense of purpose; 7 Manichaeism; 8 On the singular deportment of death, love and grief; 9 Christian conversion and reflections on the supernatural; 10 To write against self-consciousness and its effects; 11 Last days and reflections on the style of man; Abbreviations of Augustine's writings; Notes; Index
  • AB; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z