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On Creation, Science, Disenchantment and the Contours of Being and Knowing
On Creation, Science, Disenchantment and the Contours of Being and Knowing
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For Augustine the world is replete with meaning; it represents not merely a collection of facts to be catalogued but a repository of truths to be discovered and discerned, a view which contrasts with the one we have inherited as a result of the thought of figures such as Descartes, Newton, and Kant. What difference would it make to see the world as created?
Matthew W. Knotts explores this question in close conversation with Augustine, according to whom our nature as God's creatures determines fundamental aspects of our identity and our knowledge. In a postmodern context informed by a renewed appreciation of the limitations of human nature and reason, Augustine once again emerges as an insightful and compelling source for further reflection.
Table of Contents
Part I: Creation in Wisdom
Chapter 1: Aspects of (Re-)Creation
Chapter 2: The Problem of Pride
Part II: Divine Incorporeality: Two Dilemmas
Chapter 3: A Re-Descriptive Account of Time as Distentio
Chapter 4: Seeing Sapientia
Part III: An Interrogative Theory of Knowledge
Chapter 5: Reading the Universe
Chapter 6: Exploring Creation: Acknowledging and Transcending our Finitude
Conclusion
Product details
| Published | 19 Sep 2019 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 200 |
| ISBN | 9781501344596 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Series | Reading Augustine |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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