Superbia and Augustine’s Opponents in The City of God: Roman Emperors and the Neo-Platonist, Porphyry = Superbia y los oponentes de Agustín en La ciudad de Dios : los emperadores romanos y el neoplatónico, Porfirio
Augustine’s work, The City of God (=ciu.) is a work particularly rich in material for studying Augustine’s arguments against his opponents. The focus of this paper is his refutation of opponents whom he accuses of pride (superbia). It is not just due to their lack of humility (humilitas), but to the...
| Subtitles: | Superbia y los oponentes de Agustín en La ciudad de Dios |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Biblioteca Agustiniana de Buenos Aires
2020
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Etiam
Year: 2020, Volume: 14, Issue: 15, Pages: 18-50 |
| Summary: | Augustine’s work, The City of God (=ciu.) is a work particularly rich in material for studying Augustine’s arguments against his opponents. The focus of this paper is his refutation of opponents whom he accuses of pride (superbia). It is not just due to their lack of humility (humilitas), but to their lack of acknowledgement of the importance of the life of Christ who embodied this virtue. Two of his targets in ciu. are of interest to explore here: the first are the proponents of ancient Roman religions which include Roman emperors; the second are pagan philosophers, such as Porphyry. This predominantly descriptive paper is unique inthat it weaves together different aspects of Augustine’s thought on pride: his doctrine of the image of God with his perspective of demons in his refutations in ciu. La obra de Agustín, La ciudad de Dios (=ciu.) es un trabajo particularmente rico en materiales para estudiar los argumentos de Agustín contra sus oponentes. El tema central de este trabajo es su refutación de los oponentes a los que acusa de orgullo (superbia), no solo por su carencia de humildad (humilitas), sino por su falta de reconocimiento de la importancia de la vida de Cristo, quien encarnó esta virtud. Dos de sus oponentes en ciu. son de interés para abordar aquí: el primero son los defensores de las religiones romanas antiguas que incluye a los emperadores romanos; el segundo son los filósofos paganos, como Porfirio. Este trabajo, predominantemente descriptivo, es único porque entrelaza diferentes aspectos del pensamiento de Agustín sobre el orgullo: su doctrina de la imagen de Dios con su perspectiva de los demonios en sus refutaciones en ciu |
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