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Robert J. O'Connell - Soundings in St. Augustine's Imagination - 9780823213474 - V9780823213474
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Soundings in St. Augustine's Imagination

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Description for Soundings in St. Augustine's Imagination Hardback. As a young student in Paris, Robert O'Connell was first enamoured of the artistic imagery of Augustine's works. Now, after years of research and study, he offers a treatment of Augustine's "image clusters" which should be of interest to readers of philosophy, theology or language. Num Pages: 309 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCB; HRCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 25. Weight in Grams: 607.

As a young student in Paris, O’Connell was first enamored of the intriguing artistic imagery of Augustine’s works. The imagery continued to impress him as his scholarship continued. Now, after many years of research and regarding study on the topic, a thorough treatment of Augustine’s "image clusters" is revealed in this volume, Soundings in St. Augustine’s Imagination. That St. Augustine’s writings are empowered by use of poetic imagery is of interest to readers of philosophy, theology, as well as language.
In this work, Augustine’s imagery is used as a basis to shed light on some of his thought ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
Number of Pages
309
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823213474
SKU
V9780823213474
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About Robert J. O'Connell
Robert J. O’Connell, S. J. was a Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University. His has five publications on St. Augustine, as well as several studies of Plato, William James, and Teilhard de Chardin. In 2015 he established the O’Connell established the O’Connell Initiative at Fordham, a forum for intellectual exploration, that brought together scholars of every aspect of capitalism.

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