Soliloquies St. Augustine's Cassiciacum Dialogues, Volume 4 Saint Augustine, Michael P. Foley
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- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication date:
- 12 Jan 2021
- ISBN:
- 9780300238594
- Imprint:
- Yale University Press
- Dimensions:
- 408 pages: 210 x 140mm
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A fresh, new translation of Augustine’s fourth work as a Christian convert
The first four works written by St. Augustine of Hippo after his conversion to Christianity are dialogues that have influenced prominent thinkers from Boethius to Bernard Lonergan. Usually called the Cassiciacum dialogues, these four works are of a high literary and intellectual quality, combining Ciceronian and neo-Platonic philosophy, Roman comedy and Vergilian poetry, and early Christian theology. They are also, arguably, Augustine’s most charming works, exhibiting his whimsical levity and ironic wryness.
Soliloquies is the fourth work in this tetralogy; it includes On the Immortality of the Soul, which consists of notes for the unfinished portion of the work. Augustine coined the term “soliloquy” to describe this new form of dialogue. Soliloquies, a conversation between Augustine and his reason, fuses the dialogue genre and Roman theater, opening with a search for intellectual and moral self-knowledge before converging on the nature of truth and the question of the soul’s immortality.
Michael Foley’s clear, precise, and playful translations are accompanied by his brief, illuminating commentaries.
The first four works written by St. Augustine of Hippo after his conversion to Christianity are dialogues that have influenced prominent thinkers from Boethius to Bernard Lonergan. Usually called the Cassiciacum dialogues, these four works are of a high literary and intellectual quality, combining Ciceronian and neo-Platonic philosophy, Roman comedy and Vergilian poetry, and early Christian theology. They are also, arguably, Augustine’s most charming works, exhibiting his whimsical levity and ironic wryness.
Soliloquies is the fourth work in this tetralogy; it includes On the Immortality of the Soul, which consists of notes for the unfinished portion of the work. Augustine coined the term “soliloquy” to describe this new form of dialogue. Soliloquies, a conversation between Augustine and his reason, fuses the dialogue genre and Roman theater, opening with a search for intellectual and moral self-knowledge before converging on the nature of truth and the question of the soul’s immortality.
Michael Foley’s clear, precise, and playful translations are accompanied by his brief, illuminating commentaries.
Michael P. Foley is associate professor of patristics at Baylor University. He is the author or editor of several books, including Frank Sheed’s translation of Augustine’s Confessions.
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