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| Augustine: Augustine (354 - 430) was an early Christian theologian and philosopher in the Roman Empire. _____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Medieval Philosophy on Augustine - Dictionary of Arguments
Höffe I 116 Augustine/Medieval Philosophy/Höffe: In the Christian Middle Ages, Augustine outranks all other church fathers for centuries; he is the supreme authority according to Holy Scripture in all matters of faith and theology. A document is provided by the Höffe I 117 Basic work of the training of theologians in the High Middle Ages: In the aphorisms of Petrus Lombardus (1095-1160) ninety percent of all quotations come from Augustine. >Augustine. For three areas Augustine exerts a significant influence. A. In "ethical-theological Augustinism" his doctrine of grace, which restricts human freedom, prevails. B. In the knowledge-theoretical or "philosophical Augustinism", connected with the "anthropological Augustinism", for more than half a millennium the rejection of a faith independent reason dominated. Christian Aristotelism: Essentially only in the "Christian Aristotelism" of Albert the Great (1200-1280) and Thomas Aquinas (1225-1275) does reason regain its full inherent right within the framework of the distinction between the truth of reason and the truth of revelation. >Reason, >Thomas Aquinas. BonaventuraVsThomas: Thomas' opponent Bonaventura (1221-1274) will, however, revive Augustinism in the philosophy of knowledge. C. Finally, "political Augustinism", the doctrine of two diametrically opposed empires, together with the devaluation of worldly things and their conception of justice oriented towards this world, is essential for legal and state thinking. >Justice._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Medieval Philosophy Höffe I Otfried Höffe Geschichte des politischen Denkens München 2016 |
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