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Author:

Wetzel, James.

Title:

Augustine and the limits of virtue / James Wetzel.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

1992

Description:

xv, 246 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Augustine,--Saint, Bishop of Hippo.
Virtue--History.
Grace (Theology)--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Free will and determinism--History.
Christianity--Philosophy

Notes:

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University. Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-243) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : Augustine and philosophy -- Time-bound. The entropy of personal identity -- Sin and entropy -- The discipline of virtue. Virtue and external goods -- The disenfranchisement of the affections -- Voluntary sin -- Wisdom's grief. Involuntary sin -- The rehabilitation of the affections -- Grace and conversion. Two wills at war -- Fugitive beginnings -- Virtue in retrospect. Conversion's persona -- Mixing memory and desire -- Irrestible grace -- Alienation and autonomy -- Conclusion : Free will.

ISBN:

9780521405416 (hardback)
0521405416 (hardback)

LCCN:

91032635

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OLAX314 -- Reu Memorial Library (Dubuque)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)