Modern Restlessness, from Hobbes to Augustine

Only with difficulty do modern readers grasp the full import of Augustine's confession, “Restless is our heart, until it rests in you”, or seriously consider that it might be true. An unexpected remedy is to be found in reading Thomas Hobbes, who introduces and defends the view of happiness tha...

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Main Author: Busch, Peter 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2015]
In: Religions
Year: 2015, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 626-637
Further subjects:B Augustine
B Hobbes
B Happiness
B Pedagogy
B Modernity
B restlessness
B INTERDISCIPLINARY education
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