Loving the Many in the One: Augustine and the Love of Finite Goods

This is an essay in comparative ethics within the Platonist tradition. Although the primary focus is on Augustine’s account of rightly ordered love of neighbor in De vera religione, it analyzes Augustine’s account of the love of finite goods by comparing it with Plato’s grounding of the love of impe...

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Main Author: J. Warren Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-11-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/7/11/137