Not a Body: the Catalyst of St. Augustine’s Intellectual Conversion in the Books of the Platonists
In his Confessions, Augustine says that he achieved great intellectual insight from what he cryptically calls the “books of the Platonists.” Prior to reading these books, he was a corporealist and was unable to conceive of incorporeal beings. Because of the insurmountable philosophical problems corp...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer Nature B. V
2023
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International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 93, Issue: 1, Pages: 51-72 |
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Augustinus, Aurelius, Saint 354-430
/ Augustinus, Aurelius, Saint 354-430, Confessiones
/ Body
/ Reality
/ God
/ Evil
/ Platonism
/ Präsenz (Philosophy)
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity NBC Doctrine of God VA Philosophy |
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Augustine
B Corporeality B Incorporeality B Presence B Metaphysics B Christianity |
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