Perception, Sensibility, and Moral Motivation in Augustine - A Stoic-Platonic Synthesis

Informationen zum Autor Sarah Catherine Byers is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Boston College. She has held research fellowships at the University of Notre Dame, the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies in Toronto and Villanova University, Pennsylvania. Her articles have appeared in the Journal of the History of Philosophy, the Review of Metaphysics, Augustinian Studies, A Companion to Augustine (2012) and Augustine's City of God (2013). Klappentext Argues that Augustine assimilated the Stoic theory of perception into his theories of motivation, affectivity, therapy for the passions and moral progress. Zusammenfassung This book argues that Augustine assimilated the Stoic theory of perception into his theories of motivation! affectivity! therapy for the passions and moral progress. Using his sermons to elucidate his treatises! Sarah Catherine Byers demonstrates how Augustine enriched Stoic cognitivism with Platonism! thereby developing a coherent moral psychology. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Perception and the language of the mind; 2. Motivation; 3. Emotions; 4. Preliminary passions; 5. Progress in joy: preliminaries to good emotions; 6. Cognitive therapies; 7. Inspiration.

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• Authors: Sarah Catherine Byers, Sarah Catherine (Dr Byers, Byers Sarah Catherine
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.11.2012
• EAN: 9781107017948
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01794-8
• No. of pages: 268
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500