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St. Augustine in 90 Minutes
Contributor(s): Strathern, Paul (Author), Vance, Simon (Read by)
ISBN: 1433268000     ISBN-13: 9781433268007
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
OUR PRICE:   $17.96  
Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats
Published: January 2013
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical
- Philosophy | Religious
- Philosophy | History & Surveys - Medieval
Dewey: 189
Series: Philosophers in 90 Minutes
Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.23" W x 6.03" (0.17 lbs)
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Theometrics - Secular
 
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Publisher Description:
Augustine's spiritual crisis and conversion to Christianity, detailed in his Confessions, ultimately led him to his major contribution to philosophy: the fusion of the two doctrines of Christianity and Neoplatonism. This not only provided Christianity with a strong intellectual backing but tied it to the Greek tradition of philosophy, which helped keep the flame of philosophy burning, however dimly, through the Dark Ages. Augustine also produced important philosophic ideas of his own, including theories of time and subjective knowledge that anticipated by many centuries the work of Kant and Descartes.In St. Augustine in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of St. Augustine's life and ideas and explains their influence on man's struggle to understand his existence in the world.

Contributor Bio(s): Strathern, Paul: -

Paul Strathern earned a degree in philosophy at Trinity College, Dublin, and has lectured in philosophy and mathematics. The author of many nonfiction books and of articles for numerous publications, he has also written several novels and has won the Somerset Maugham Prize. He lives and writes in London.

Vance, Simon: -

Simon Vance is an award-winning actor and an AudioFile Golden Voice with over forty Earphones Awards. He has won thirteen prestigious Audie Awards and was Booklist's very first Voice of Choice in 2008. He has narrated more than eight hundred audiobooks over almost thirty years, beginning when he was a radio newsreader for the BBC in London.