Augustine

Augustine: The City of God Against the Pagans

Ed. by Robert W. Dyson

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first new rendition for a generation of The City of God, the first major intellectual achievement of Latin Christianity and one of the classic texts of Western civilisation. The translation is presented with full biographical notes, a concise introduction, bibliography, and chronology of Augustine's life.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 1998.
• Seitenzahl: 1278
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 143mm x 58mm
• Gewicht: 1175g
• ISBN-13: 9780521468435
• ISBN-10: 0521468434
• Artikelnr.: 09580936

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Introduction; A chronology of Augustine's life; Bibliographical note; The City of God against the Pagans; Biographical notes; Index.

Rezensionen

'Dyson's wonderfully lucid, carefully literal and historically sensitive translation ... makes this the edition that most readers will now choose to consult ... We must be grateful for this excellent new translation.' The Times Higher Education Supplement