Eloquent Wisdom: Rhetoric, Cosmology and Delight in the Theology of Augustine of Hippo

• Autores: Andrew Hofer (res.)
• Localización: Journal of early Christian studies: Journal of the North American Patristic Society, ISSN 1067-6341, Nº. 4, 2016, págs. 612-613
• Idioma: inglés

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  • Eloquent Wisdom: Rhetoric, Cosmology and Delight in the Theology of Augustine of Hippo

    Mark F. M. Clavier

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  • Clavier sees that Augustine transposes this description to apply to what God does not just for the foolish majority, but for all: "God must, therefore, be cast in the guise of Cicero's perfect orator so that foolish humanity can receive the divine wisdom necessary for escaping the disordered, material and visible world and rising to the contemplative vision of heaven" (111). [...]Clavier steps back to view Augustine's place within the western mystical tradition, represented by Anselm, Richard of St. Victor, and Bonaventure. For a book claiming to be the first full-length study on delight in Augustine, Clavier could have considered some pertinent scholarship absent from his treatment, such as Margaret Miles's Desire and Delight: A New Reading of Augustine's Confessions.