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God, belief, and perplexity / William E. Mann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mann, William E., 1940- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Essays. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.
- Augustine.
- Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142.
- Abelard, Peter.
- Anselm, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1033-1109.
- Anselm.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 257 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume presents fourteen of William E. Mann's essays on Augustine, Anselm, and Peter Abelard. The topics include Augustine on infant behavior, juvenile wrongdoing, the moral status of plays and dreams, and the problem of evil. Augustine and Abelard's intentionalism is examined, along with Anselm's ontological argument and defense of the doctrine of the Trinity.
- Contents:
- Augustine
- The philosopher in the crib
- The theft of the pears
- Pride and preference: a reply to MacDonald
- The life of the mind in dramas and dreams
- Augustine on evil and original sin
- Inner-life ethics
- To catch a heretic: Augustine on lying
- Perplexity and mystery
- Abelard
- Abelard's ethics: the inside story
- Anselm
- Definite descriptions and the ontological argument
- The ontological presuppositions of the ontological argument
- The perfect island
- Locating the lost island
- Anselm on the trinity.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-061266-5
- 0-19-045922-0
- 0-19-045921-2
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