Moral Implications of Augustine's Philosophical and Spiritual Journey in his Confessiones
Aurelius Augustinus, though born to a Christian mother, had undergone a long and tedious spiritual journey in his search for truth and meaning. Youthful hedonism gave way to Skepticism, Manichaeism, and later on to Neo-Platonism as he searched for answers to some of the most pressing existential que...
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| description | Aurelius Augustinus, though born to a Christian mother, had undergone a long and tedious spiritual journey in his search for truth and meaning. Youthful hedonism gave way to Skepticism, Manichaeism, and later on to Neo-Platonism as he searched for answers to some of the most pressing existential questions of mankind. Platonism, above all, proved to be (in its renewed, mystical form of Neo-Platonism) the most influential factor in his spiritual and intellectual journey. What we see in Augustine, in his personal struggle with philosophical ideas and religious cults that allowed him to become one of the most influential Christian philosopher of all times, is an interesting combination of a 'MacIntyrean' focus on the socially embodied reality of historical traditions and a 'Kierkegaardian' emphasis on the individual inner processing of the transcendental, the 'inwardness' of the human self, and the individual's responsibility before God. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-873993f898df4ad7840c991166696a5f2023-04-14T06:31:00ZengUniversity of ŽilinaCommunications1335-42052585-78782015-05-0117210310810.26552/com.C.2015.2.103-108csl-201502-0017Moral Implications of Augustine's Philosophical and Spiritual Journey in his ConfessionesMichal Valco0Roman Kralik1Lee Barrett2Department of Religious Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Zilina , SlovakiaDepartment of General and Applied Ethics, Faculty of Arts, Constantine the Philosopher University, Nitra, SlovakiaLancaster Theological Seminary, Lancaster, USAAurelius Augustinus, though born to a Christian mother, had undergone a long and tedious spiritual journey in his search for truth and meaning. Youthful hedonism gave way to Skepticism, Manichaeism, and later on to Neo-Platonism as he searched for answers to some of the most pressing existential questions of mankind. Platonism, above all, proved to be (in its renewed, mystical form of Neo-Platonism) the most influential factor in his spiritual and intellectual journey. What we see in Augustine, in his personal struggle with philosophical ideas and religious cults that allowed him to become one of the most influential Christian philosopher of all times, is an interesting combination of a 'MacIntyrean' focus on the socially embodied reality of historical traditions and a 'Kierkegaardian' emphasis on the individual inner processing of the transcendental, the 'inwardness' of the human self, and the individual's responsibility before God.https://komunikacie.uniza.sk/artkey/csl-201502-0017_moral-implications-of-augustine-s-philosophical-and-spiritual-journey-in-his-confessiones.phpaugustineneo-platonismmanichaeismmacintyretraditionconfessionshuman moral identitykierkegaard |
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