Augustine on the Nature of Virtue and Sin
- Author: Katherine Chambers, University of New England, Australia
- Date Published: November 2023
- availability: Not yet published - available from October 2024
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781009383783
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Augustine of Hippo is a key figure in the history of Christianity and has had a profound impact on the course of western moral and political thought. Katherine Chambers here explores a neglected topic in Augustinian studies by offering a systematic account of the meaning that Augustine gave to the notions of virtue, vice and sin. Countering the view that he broke with classical eudaimonism, she demonstrates that Augustine's moral thought builds on the dominant approach to ethics in classical 'pagan' antiquity. A critical appraisal of this tradition reveals that Augustine remained faithful to the eudaimonist approach to ethics. Chambers also refutes the view that Augustine was a political pessimist or realist, showing that it is based upon a misunderstanding of Augustine's ideas about the virtue of justice. Providing a coherent account of key features in Augustine's ethics, her study invites a new and fresh evaluation of his influence on western moral and political thought.
Read more- Provides the first systematic study of the meaning that Augustine gave to the ideas of virtue, vice and sin
- Comprehensively resolves a number of long-standing puzzles in Augustine's thought
- Establishes that previous accounts of Augustine's political thought are flawed, and offers an entirely new evaluation of the influence of Augustine on western political thought
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'The book will be of immense interest to historians of philosophy or Augustinian scholars … Recommended.' J. P. Blosser, CHOICE
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- Date Published: November 2023
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781009383783
- length: 350 pages
- dimensions: 235 x 155 x 27 mm
- weight: 0.65kg
- availability: Not yet published - available from October 2024
Table of Contents
1. Introducing the issues
2. Political virtues?
3. Political vices?
4. Augustine's definitions of virtue
5. Augustine's place within the Eudamonist tradition
6. The life in accordance with nature
7. Self-love and neighbour-love
8. The nature of sin
9. Weakness, ignorance and pride.
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