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Augustine: De Civitate Dei Books XV and XVI
Peter G. Walsh (Ed.)
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Description for Augustine: De Civitate Dei Books XV and XVI
Hardback. The volume continues P. G. Walsh's admired translation with commentary of Augustine's City of God. Books I-XIV have been published in eight earlier volumes between 2003 and 2016, and this ninth volume in the collection looks at books XV and XVI. Editor(s): Walsh, P. G.; Collard, Christopher; Image, Isabella. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 147. .
The volume continues P. G. Walsh's admired translation with commentary of Augustine's The City of God Books I-XIV which have been published in eight earlier volumes between 2003 and 2016, and this ninth volume in the collection looks at books XV and XVI. After completing the first ten books of De Civitate Dei, in which Augustine sought to refute the claim that pagan deities had ensured that Rome enjoyed unbroken success and prosperity in this life and guaranteed its citizens a blessed life after death, Augustine devoted the remaining twelve books to discuss the origins, development and destiny of the ... Read more
The volume continues P. G. Walsh's admired translation with commentary of Augustine's The City of God Books I-XIV which have been published in eight earlier volumes between 2003 and 2016, and this ninth volume in the collection looks at books XV and XVI. After completing the first ten books of De Civitate Dei, in which Augustine sought to refute the claim that pagan deities had ensured that Rome enjoyed unbroken success and prosperity in this life and guaranteed its citizens a blessed life after death, Augustine devoted the remaining twelve books to discuss the origins, development and destiny of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Series
Aris & Phillips Classical Texts
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
290
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781786940179
SKU
V9781786940179
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Ref
99-35
About Peter G. Walsh (Ed.)
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
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