Perception, sensibility, and moral motivation in Augustine : a stoic-platonic synthesis / Sarah Catherine Byers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Byers, Sarah Catherine, 1972- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.

Augustine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 248 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Perception, Sensibility, & Moral Motivation in Augustine

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Perception and the language of the mind

Motivation

Emotions

Preliminary passions

Progress in joy: preliminaries to good emotions

Cognitive therapies

Inspiration.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-85396-1

1-107-23532-4

1-139-84014-2

1-139-84488-1

1-139-84252-8

1-139-08611-1

1-139-84583-7

1-283-83623-8

1-139-84133-5

OCLC:

818883352