Augustine on the Moral Significance of Human Law
Book 1 of Augustine's dialogue De Libero Arbitrio offers his only systematic account of the proper tasks of human or political law. While this text is often read as asserting that political law has no moral-educative function, in fact one of its characters, Evodius, is put forth as a striking i...
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Language: | English |
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[2015]
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Revue d'études augustiniennes et patristiques
Year: 2015, Volume: 61, Issue: 2, Pages: 273-298 |
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Augustinus, Aurelius, Saint 354-430, De libero arbitrio. 1
/ Law
/ Law (Theology)
/ Morals
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RelBib Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity NBE Anthropology NCA Ethics XA Law |
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