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1 Augus%ne ( ) Paul O Grady

2 Topics 1. Augus%ne Overview 2. ADtudes to Augus%ne 3. Augus%ne s Impact 4. Biography and Confessions 5. Four Philosophical Posi%ons 6. A Puzzle about the Confessions

3 1. Augus%ne Overview Thagaste, Rome, Milan, Hippo Major contribu%ons to metaphysics, epistemology, philosophical theology Major contribu%on to Theology Dominates Medieval Philosophy Dominates Reforma%on Cultural references T.S.Eliot, Dylan, Cohen

4 2. ADtudes to Augus%ne Conserva%ve sex, original sin, predes%na%on. Rhetorical structure prayer, addressing God. Embedded in deeply religious context.

5 More holis%c concep%on of Philosophy Not simply logical argumenta%on Insight, images, values, link of form/content. Connec%on of life experience to Philosophy Aristotle on Ethics need for experience Can bracket off elements and appreciate structure

6 3. Augus%ne s Impact Medieval thought dominated by him. Divine Nature simplicity, eternity, aseity. Epistemology Divine Illumina%on, OUP

7 Uni%ng Biblical and Greek Tradi%ons Doctrine of Trinity psychological model One essence (ousia), three substances (hypostases) One essence (essen%a), three persons (personae) Mind, Knowledge, Love Imago Dei Capacity to reflect on eternal truths

8 Original sin, free will, grace, predes%na%on. Luther, Calvin corrup%on of human nature, especially reason. Pascal Jansenism. Reasons of the Heart. Interior approach. Asce%cism and withdrawal from world

9 Heidegger, Heidegger s Confessions, Ryan Coyne, U Chicago Press, 2015 Wi(genstein opening of Philosophical Inves6ga6ons. Confessions the most serious book ever wriden RW90 J.F. Lyotard, ( ) The Confession of Augus6ne, Stanford, 2000 Derrida Circumfession

10 Peter Browne Augus6ne of Hippo, 2000

11 James J. O Donnell Augus6ne Saint and Sinner 2006

12 Robin Lane Fox, Augus6ne: Conversions and Confessions, 2015

13 4. Biography and Confessions Psychological depth but also rhetorical ar%fice a didac%c text. Purpose? one of the most drama%c and massive evoca%ons ever wriden of the evolu%on of a metaphysician [Brown 2 nd edn p. 76]. Mixture of autobiography, psychology and metaphysics. Genres of philosophical wri%ng. Border of literature/philosophy. Confessio

14 Book 1 Boyhood in Thagaste (1-15) Book 2 Puberty, Then of Pears (15-17) Book 3 Carthage, Rhetoric, Mani (17-19) Book 4 Wri%ng, as a Manichee (19-28)

15 Book 5 Skep%cism, Rome, Ambrose (29) Book 6 Platonist Books (30) Book 7 Monica, Marriage Plans (31) Book 8 Conversion Experience (32)

16 Book 9 Death of Monica. Cassiciacum (33) Book 10 Nature of Memory Book 11 Nature of Time Book 12 Discussion of Genesis 1.1 Book 13 Discussion of Genesis

17 Four Philosophical Posi%ons 1. Manicheeism (Bk3-4, Age 17-29) Originates in Zoroastrianism in Persia Dualis%c view of Nature, Mader/Spirit Account of Evil Asce%cs and followers Regarded itself as true religion Augus%ne s growing dissa%sfac%on with it

18 2. Skep>cism (Bk ) Hellenis%c School seeking eudaimonia Modes of skep%cism disabling other views Contra Academicos (386) Knowledge of Appearance Knowledge of Disjunc%ons Si Fallor Sum

19 3. Platonism Ambrose, Marius Victorinus, Plo%nus Crea%ve misreading Burning Bush Exodus 3:14 Tolle Lege Romans 13:13 John s Gospel 1: 1-8 and Platonism

20 4. Chris>anity Bringing together Hebrew and Greek God as Absolute Being Simple, Eternal, Aseity Issues of historicity of Incarna%on Tension: God of Philosophers/God of Abraham

21 6. A Puzzle about the Confessions Psychological Depth, Introspec%on Yet rhetorical ar%fice, theological purpose Rela%on of experience to interpreta%on Mys%cal experience Plo%nus (Porphyry s Life of Plo%nus ) Augus%ne (Confessions) Boethius (Consola6on of Philosophy) Pascal (Pensées) Barbara Ehrenreich (Living with a Wild God)

22 What weight does one give to personal experience? What weight does one give to impersonal logical considera%ons? How are ideas impacted by values? Does un-interpreted experience make sense?

23 Resources Confessions: Text and Commentary hdp://faculty.georgetown.edu/jod/conf/ noframe_entry.html IEP hdps://plato.stanford.edu/entries/augus%ne/

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