Augustine''s Confessions - Conversion and Consciousness

Robert Hunter Craig analyzes the Confessions as an allegory showing Augustine's state of mind or disposition through space/time. His use of different personas, schools of thought, and metaphysical constructs shows the inadequacy of Plato's consciousness model of the cave to truly describe human ratiocination within consciousness in its totality.

List of contents

Foreword by Nicholas Wolterstorff
Preface
Introduction
Chapter One: Sitz Im Leben: The Setting in Life of the Confessiones
Chapter Two: Socratism: Human Ratiocination and Happiness
Chapter Three: Pura Mente: Augustine's Early Philosophy of Medicinal Scripture
Chapter Four: "Autopsychographical" Augustine: Allegory of the Cave Structure in Books I - IX
Chapter Five: "Analytic" Augustine: Synchronic-Synthetic-Triplex and Superior Conversion as Meaning in Books X - XIII
Chapter Six: Confession-al Influence on Philosophy of Mind and Metaphysics
Conclusion - The Cave and God Consciousness Understanding
Appendix: Structure and Meaning Analysis of the Confessiones
References
Index
About the Author

About the author

Robert H. Craig is an ordained Baptist minister and holds a PhD in philosophy and religion from the University of South Florida.

Product details

• Authors: Robert H. Craig, Robert Hunter Craig
• Assisted by: Wolterstorff Nicholas (Foreword)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781793631350
• ISBN: 978-1-79363-135-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; The arts: general issues, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Philosophy, RELIGION / Christianity / Literature & the Arts, Christianity, Philosophy of religion