Augustine / Gareth B. Matthews.

This lucid survey takes readers on a thought-provoking tour through the life and work of Augustine.; Explores new insights into one of antiquity's most important philosophers.; Topics Include: skepticism, language acquisition, mind-body dualism, philosophical dream problems, time and creation,...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Matthews, Gareth B., 1929-2011
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005.
Series:Blackwell great minds.
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Table of Contents:
  • The first-person point of view
  • Augustine's life
  • Skepticism
  • Language
  • The Augustinian cogito
  • Mind-body dualism
  • The problem of other minds
  • Philosophical dream problems
  • Time and creation
  • Faith and reason
  • Foreknowledge and free will
  • The problem of evil
  • Wanting bad things
  • Lying
  • Happiness.