The City of God - De Civitate Dei: XI-XXII: Vol. 7, Part I - Rilegato

Augustine, Saint, Bishop Of Hippo

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ISBN 10: 1565484797 ISBN 13: 9781565484795

Casa editrice: New City Pr, 2013

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Along with his Confessions, The City of God is undoubtedly St. Augustine's most influential work. In the context of what begins as a lengthy critique of classic Roman religion and a defence of Christianity, Augustine touches upon numerous topics, including the role of grace, the original state of humanity, the possibility of waging a just war, the ideal form of government, and the nature of heaven and hell. But his major concern is the difference between the City of God and the City of Man - one built on love of God, the other on love of self. One cannot but be moved and impressed by the author's breadth of interest and penetrating intelligence. For all those who are interested in the greatest classics of Christian antiquity, The City of God is indispensable. This long-awaited translation by William Babcock is published in two volumes, with an introduction and annotation that make Augustine's monumental work approachable. Books 11-22 offer Augustine's Christian view of history, including the Christian view of human destiny. The INDEX for Books 1-22 (both volumes of The City of God) is contained in this edition.

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"[T]his translation fully justifies the praise that has already been heaped on it. Lyrical without any sacrifice of sense, it compares consistently well with both Dyson and Bettenson and is certainly the most beautiful and up-to-date of the existing versions ... Augustine used multiple Latin versions of the Bible besides Jerome's, including his own, and one great advantage of the edition under review is that, where past translators have used pre-existent English versions of the Vulgate for scriptural citations, Babcock renders each scriptural quotation directly and individually ... Babcock takes the unique step of removing the titular headings which have formed an integral part of the work since the first printed edition, but which are in all probability non-authorial ... Its absence has a clarifying effect ... The notes are comprehensive enough to suffice for any level of reader and are given as footnotes for ease of reference (neatly including the kind of material on key people and events that is glossarial in the Cambridge University Press edition) ... [A] truly new, elegant and intelligent translation well worth both the committed Augustinian's and the neophyte's while.
Arabella Milbank in Marginalia (the Journal of the Medieval Reading Group at the University of Cambridge

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• Editore: New City Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1565484797
• ISBN 13: 9781565484795
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 615
• Redattore: Ramsey Boniface