The Fall of the Soul in Book Two of Augustine’s "Confessions"

The purpose of the paper is to show a mutual interaction of Platonic and Christian ideas in the pear theft narrative from Book Two of the Confessions. Augustine is provocatively questioning the Platonic theory of good, evil, and love by suggesting that in the theft he loved evil itself. He is consid...

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Main Author: Stróżyński, Mateusz 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Vigiliae Christianae
Year: 2016, Volume: 70, Issue: 1, Pages: 77-100
RelBib Classification:KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
NBC Doctrine of God
NBE Anthropology
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Augustine Platonism the pear theft the fall of the soul the origin of evil
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)

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