St. Augustine's Confessions: The Odyssey of Soul

Robert J. O'Connell

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St. Augustine's Confessions

The Odyssey of Soul

Robert J. O'Connell

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1989

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When this book was originally published in 1969, it added fuel to a controversy (sparked by the author in a previous work) that continues unabated to the present day.Now, available for the first time in a paperback edition, it offers a new generation of readers a detailed exposition of the Confessions, showing how the Plotinian view of man as a fallen soul is present in this work and, furthermore, that it is the key to its interpretation.

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Philosophy Philosophy of Religion

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Preface to the second edition Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Forms of Citation Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
1. Soul's Odyssey: Fall and Return Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	23
2. The Proëmium (Book I, 1-6) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	37
3. A Meditation on Infancy (Book I, 7-31) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	41
4. The Prodigal's Wandering (Book II) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	46
5. First Conversion: Cicero, the Manichees (Book III) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	51
6. To Become a "Little One" Again (Books IV and V, 1-2) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	55
7. Faustus, Ambrose, and the "One Teacher" (Book V) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	59
8. The Medicine of Faith and Suffering (Book VI) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	63
9. Paroxysm and Advancing Cure (Book VII, 1-12) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	71
10. The Decisive Admonition: Libri Platonicorum (Book VII, 13-27) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	75
11. A Central Difficulty: Emanation and Omnipresence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	81
12. The Pearl is Purchased (Book VIII) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	90
13. Contemplation and the Soul's "First-Fruits" (Book IX) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	105
14. Noverim Te, Noverim Me(Book X) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	120
15. Eternity and the Fall into Time (Book XI) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	135
16. The Soul's Eternal Home (Book XII) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	145
17. The Return of Image to Archetype (Book XIII) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	158
18. Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	186
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	193

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December 6, 2021

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9780823296675

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200

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823296675

eBook ISBN: 9780823296675

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