Perception, sensibility, and moral motivation in Augustine a Stoic-Platonic synthesis
Sarah Catherine Byers (Author)
This book argues that Augustine assimilated the Stoic theory of perception into his theories of motivation, affectivity, therapy for the passions and moral progress. Using his sermons to elucidate his treatises, Sarah Catherine Byers demonstrates how Augustine enriched Stoic cognitivism with Platonism to develop a fuller and coherent theory of action. That theory underlies his account of moral development, including his account of the mind's reception of grace. By analyzing Augustine's engagement with Cicero, Seneca, Plotinus, Ambrose, Jerome, Origen and Philo of Alexandria, Byers sheds new light on a major thinker of the early Christian world whose work is of critical importance for understanding key and recurring themes in Western philosophy
1 online resource (XVIII, 248 Seiten)
9781139086110, 9781107017948, 1139086111, 1107017947
1048634950
Erscheint auch als
Perception and the language of the mind
Motivation
Emotions
Preliminary passions
Progress in joy: preliminaries to good emotions
Cognitive therapies
Inspiration
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