Glorious Vices? Reconsidering Augustine's View of Pagan Virtue
St. Augustine famously argued that those who do not orient their loves toward God lack true virtue, offering as a test case pagan sages who cared too much for their own honor. For this polemic he has been lauded and lambasted; however, in significant ways, I contend, he has been misunderstood. A clo...
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Studies in Christian ethics
Έτος: 2025, Τόμος: 38, Τεύχος: 4, Σελίδες: 443-466 |
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