The Political and Social Ideas of Saint Augustine / Edition 1

by Herbert A. Deane

Overview

A critical essay on St. Augustine's social and political thought.

In describing Augustine, the author captures the essence of the man in these words: "Genius he had in full measure... he is the master of the phrase or the sentence that embodies a penetrating insight, a flash of lightning that illuminates the entire sky; he is the rhetorician, the epigrammist, the polemicist, but not the patient, logical systematic philosopher."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780231085694
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	02/22/1966
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	7.80(w) x 5.20(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

A Note on Texts and Translations
Introduction
1. The Theology of Fallen Man
2. The Psychology of Fallen Man
3. Morality and Justice, Natural and Remedial
4. The State: The Return of Order upon Disorder
5. War and Relations Among States
6. Church, State and Heresy
Conclusion
Abbreciations
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

Professor Deane has been remarkably successful in keeping different facets of Augustine's multi-dimensional thought in view...[he] significantly contributes both to historical understanding of Augustine's political thinking and to appreciation of its permanent relevance to the moral dilemmas of politics

Political Science Quarterly