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Augustine: De Civitate dei
Peter Walsh
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Description for Augustine: De Civitate dei
Paperback. Editor(s): Walsh, P. G. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
In Books I–V of De Civitate Dei, Augustine rejects the claim that worship of the pagan gods had brought success in this life, and in Books VI–X, the prospect of a happy afterlife. In Books XI–XII, Augustine turns from attack to defence, for at this point he initiates his apology for the Christian faith. Books XI and XII document the initial phase of the rise of the two cities, the city of God and the city of this world, beginning with the creation of the world and the human race. In Book XI, Augustine rejects the ... Read more
In Books I–V of De Civitate Dei, Augustine rejects the claim that worship of the pagan gods had brought success in this life, and in Books VI–X, the prospect of a happy afterlife. In Books XI–XII, Augustine turns from attack to defence, for at this point he initiates his apology for the Christian faith. Books XI and XII document the initial phase of the rise of the two cities, the city of God and the city of this world, beginning with the creation of the world and the human race. In Book XI, Augustine rejects the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Series
Aris & Phillips Classical Texts
Number of Pages
218
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780856688713
SKU
V9780856688713
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About Peter Walsh
†P.G. Walsh was Senior Research Fellow and Emeritus Professor of Humanity at the University of Glasgow, and a Latin scholar of international renown. His publications include Livy: His Historical Aims and Methods (1961) and The Roman Novel (1970); editions of Augustine, De bono coniugali and De sancta uirginitate (Oxford); and translations of Paulinus of Nola (Letters, Poems) and of Cassiodorus, ... Read more
Reviews for Augustine: De Civitate dei
Reviews ‘...a good basic tool for students and scholars who wish to read and study Augustine's text in English with the possibility of consulting the Latin original.’ Bryn Mawr Classical Review