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De Dialectica: On Dialectic [4] 387 [5] De animae quantitate: On the Magnitude of the Soul: 388 [3] De moribus ecclesiae catholicae et de moribus Manichaeorum: On the Morals of the Catholic Church and on the Morals of the Manichaeans: 388–389 [6] De musica: On Music: 388-390 [3] De magistro: On the Teacher: 388–391 [3] De libero arbitrio ...
Augustine of Hippo (/ ɔː ˈ ɡ ʌ s t ɪ n / aw-GUST-in, US also / ˈ ɔː ɡ ə s t iː n / AW-gə-steen; [22] Latin: Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), [23] also known as Saint Augustine and in the Eastern Orthodox Church as Blessed Augustine, [24] [25] was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North ...
De doctrina Christiana (English: On Christian Doctrine or On Christian Teaching) is a theological text written by Augustine of Hippo. It consists of four books that describe how to interpret and teach the Scriptures. The first three of these books were published in 397 and the fourth added in 426.
Augustine offered the Divine command theory, a theory which proposes that an action's status as morally good is equivalent to whether it is commanded by God. [16] [17] Augustine's theory began by casting ethics as the pursuit of the supreme good, which delivers human happiness, Augustine argued that to achieve this happiness, humans must love objects that are worthy of human love in the ...
Saint Augustin et l'écriture polyphonique. Citations classiques et genèse de la pensée dans la Cité de Dieu. Turnhout: Brepols, ISBN 9782851213280 (see the English summary in the Review by James J. O'Donnell at Bryn Mawr Classical Review). Wetzel, James (2012). Augustine's City of God: A Critical Guide. Cambridge University Press.
Augustine developed this doctrine of perseverance in De correptione et gratia (c. 426–427). [77] While this doctrine theoretically gives security to the elect who receive the gift of perseverance, individuals cannot ascertain whether they have received it.
This is thought to be the first edition of any of Augustine's works. The volume is incomplete as it has only the last of the four books that make up De doctrina christiana; the remaining three books were printed by Kaspar Hochfeder in Kraków in 1475. [9] [10] 1465–1470 [11] Augustinus, Confessiones [11] Johannes Mentelin [12] Strasbourg [11 ...
Augustine devoted much attention to lying, which he contended was always wrong. He discussed the topic in four works ( De magistro , De doctrina christiana , De trinitate , and Enchiridion ) and wrote two treatises, De mendacio and Contra mendacium , specifically on the subject of lies. [ 1 ]