Therapeutic Deception: Cicero and Augustine on the Myth of Philosophic Happiness

While many scholars have explored the Ciceronian roots of Augustine's thought, the influence of De Finibus on De ciuitate dei has, as yet, remained unexamined. Dismissed by Testard as abstract and scholastic, De Finibus has long remained in the shadow of Cicero's other work of moral philos...

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Main Author: Roberts Ogle, Veronica (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: 13-42
RelBib Classification:KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
B CICERO, Marcus Tullius, 106 B.C.-43 B.C
B Ethics
B Happiness
B DE Finibus (Book)
B AUGUSTINE, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, 354-430
B DE ciuitate dei (Book)
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