Augustine:OntheTrinityBooks8-15:Bk.8-15(CambridgeTextsintheHistoryofPhilosophy)
- 作者
- 出版社 CambridgeUniversityPress
- 出版时间 2002年7月
- ISBN 9780521796651
- 定价 293.70
内容简介
AnappropriatemottoforAugustine'sgreatworkOntheTrinityis'faithinsearchofunderstanding'.InthistreatiseAugustineoffersapart-theological,part-philosophicalaccountofhowGodmightbeunderstoodinanalogytothehumanmind.OntheTrinitycanbefairlydescribedasthefirstmodernphilosophyofmind:itisthefirstworkinphilosophytorecognizethe'problemofotherminds',andthefirsttoofferthe'argumentfromanalogy'asaresponsetothatproblem.Othersubjectsthatitdiscussesincludethenatureofthemindandthenatureofthebody,thedoctrineof'illumination',andthinkingasinnerspeech.Thisvolumepresentsthephilosophicalsectionofthework,andinahistoricalandphilosophicalintroductionGarethMatthewsplacesAugustine'sargumentsincontextandassessestheirinfluenceonlaterthinkers.
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