Augustine's Time of Death in "City of God" 13

"Only a living person can be a dying one," writes Augustine in De ciuitate dei 13.9. For Augustine, this strange fact offers us an occasion for reflection. If we are indeed racing toward the end on a cursus ad mortem, when do we pass the finish line? A living person is "in life"...

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Main Author: Hannan, Sean (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Philosophy Documentation Center [2019]
In: Augustinian studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 50, Issue: 1, Pages: 43-63
RelBib Classification:KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B AUGUSTINE, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, 354-430
B CITY of God, The (Book : Augustine)
B Death; Religious aspects; Christianity
B TIME of death
B DE ciuitate dei (Book)
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