To Know God and the Soul: Essays on the Thought of Saint Augustine (Early Christian Studies)

310 Pages·2008·1.16 MB·English

by  Roland J. Teske

To Know God and The Soul

To Know God
and the Soul
Essays on the ought of Saint Augustine
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Roland J. Teske, S.J.
The Catholic University of America Press
Washington, D.C.
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To know God and the soul : essays on the thought of Saint Augustine /
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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For my colleagues in the Department of Philosophy
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
Abbreviations xvii
Part I: Augustine & Neoplationism
1. Augustine as Philosopher:
The Birth of Christian Metaphysics 3
2. The Aim of Augustine’s Proof That God Truly Is 26
3. Spirituals and Spiritual Interpretation in Augustine 49
4. Love of Neighbor in Augustine 70
Part II: God & Speaking about God
5. Properties of God and the Predicaments in De Trinitate 5 93
6. Augustine’s Use of Substantia in Speaking about God 112
7. Divine Immutability in Augustine 131
Part III: Creation & Beginnings
8. The Motive for Creation according to Augustine 155
9. Problems with “The Beginning” in Augustine’s
Sixth Commentary on Genesis 165
10. Augustine’s View of the Human Condition in
De Genesi contra Manichaeos 180
Part IV: The Soul & Time
11. Augustine on the Incorporeality of the Soul in Letter 166 197
12. The World-Soul and Time in Augustine 216
13. Vocans temporales, faciens aeternos:
Augustine on Liberation from Time 238
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14. The Heaven of Heaven and the Unity of
Augustine’s Confessiones 259
Bibliography 275
Index of Names 287
Acknowledgments
The previously published articles included in this volume are here listed
together with their original publication information. I thank the editors
of the various journals for granting permission to reprint the articles
and acknowledge the respective journals as copyright holders.
“Saint Augustine as Philosopher: The Birth of Christian Metaphysics,” Augus-
tinian Studies 23 (1992): 7–32.
“The Aim of Augustine’s Proof That God Truly Is,” International Philosophical
Quarterly 26 (1986): 253–268.
“Spirituals and Spiritual Interpretation in St. Augustine,” Augustinian Studies
15 (1984): 65–81.
“Love of Neighbor in St. Augustine,” Studia Ephemeridis “Augustinianum” 26.
Congresso Internazionale su S. Agostino nel XVI Centenario della Con-
versione. Roma, 15–20 settembre 1986. Atti III, pp. 81–102.
“Properties of God and the Predicaments in De Trinitate V,” The Modern
Schoolman 59 (1981): 1–19.
“Augustine’s Use of ‘Substantia’ in Speaking about God,” The Modern School-
man 62 (1985): 147–163.
“Divine Immutability in St. Augustine,” The Modern Schoolman 63 (1986):
233–249.
“The Motive of Creation according to St. Augustine,” The Modern Schoolman
65 (1988): 245–253.
“Problems with ‘The Beginning’ in Augustine’s Sixth Commentary on Gen-
esis,” University of Dayton Review 22.3 (1994): 55–68.
“St. Augustine’s View of the Human Condition in De Genesi contra Man-
ichaeos,” Augustinian Studies 22 (1991): 141–155.
“Saint Augustine on the Incorporeality of the Soul in Letter 166,” The Modern
Schoolman 60 (1983): 220–235.
“The World-Soul and Time in St. Augustine,” Augustinian Studies 14 (1983):
75–92.
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