Therapeutic Deception: Cicero and Augustine on the Myth of Philosophic Happiness

While many scholars have explored the Ciceronian roots of Augustine's thought, the influence of De Finibus on De ciuitate dei has, as yet, remained unexamined. Dismissed by Testard as abstract and scholastic, De Finibus has long remained in the shadow of Cicero's other work of moral philos...

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主要作者: Roberts Ogle, Veronica (Author)
格式: 電子 Article
語言:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
出版: [2019]
In: Augustinian studies
Year: 2019, 卷: 50, 發布: 1, Pages: 13-42
IxTheo Classification:KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
B CICERO, Marcus Tullius, 106 B.C.-43 B.C
B Ethics
B Happiness
B DE Finibus (Book)
B AUGUSTINE, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, 354-430
B DE ciuitate dei (Book)
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