The Augustinian Tradition: Volume 8

by Gareth B. Matthews

Book Overview

Augustine, probably the single thinker who did the most to Christianize the classical learning of ancient Greece and Rome, exerted a remarkable influence on medieval and modern thought, and he speaks forcefully and directly to twentieth-century readers as well. The most widely read of his writings today are, no doubt, his Confessions-the first significant autobiography in world literature-and The City of God. The preoccupations of those...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520210018
• ISBN13: 9780520210011
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 450 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"