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Manichaean Christians in Augustine’s Life and Work
Mani and Augustine, 2020 The article aims to give an overall overview of St Augustine's attitude towards the Gnostic-Christian Manichaeans. First, a historical overview, mainly based on his Confessions, outlines Augustine's acquaintance with the members of the Manichaean Church ...
J. Oort
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Mani and Augustine, 2020 Mainly on the basis of an analysis of the relevant passages in the Confessiones, this article argues: 1. that already the young Augustine, during his years as a Manichaean Hearer, acquired a thorough knowledge of Manichaeism; 2.
J. Oort
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Every Word is a Name: Autonymy and Quotation in Augustine
Mind, 2020 Augustine famously claims every word is a name. Some readers take Augustine to thereby maintain a purely referentialist semantic account according to which every word is a referential expression whose meaning is its extension.
Tamer Nawar
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Augustine’s Defence of Knowledge Against the Sceptics
Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Volume 56, 2019 In his Contra Academicos, Augustine offers one of the most detailed responses to scepticism to have come down to us from antiquity. In this paper, I examine Augustine’s defence of the existence of infallible knowledge in Contra Academicos 3, focusing on ...
Tamer Nawar
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Pyroclastic Flow Deposits and InSAR: Analysis of Long-Term Subsidence at Augustine Volcano, Alaska
Remote Sensing, 2016 Deformation of pyroclastic flow deposits begins almost immediately after emplacement, and continues thereafter for months or years. This study analyzes the extent, volume, thickness, and variability in pyroclastic flow deposits (PFDs) on Augustine ...
D. McAlpin +4 more
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Augustine on Creation, Providence and Motion
, 2016 Augustine's theology of creation has been criticized for its Platonic tendency to denigrate matter and for a supposedly extrinsic view of divine providence that is reminiscent of design and even deism. This article counters such criticism and argues that
S. Oliver
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“None Come Closer to Us than These:” Augustine and the Platonists
, 2016 This paper reflects on the importance of pagan Platonism to one of its most sympathetic Christian interpreters, Augustine of Hippo. Its goal is to uncover what Platonism meant to Augustine and why it mattered so much to him throughout his long career. To
J. Kenney
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Augustine's conversion from traditional free choice to "non-free free will"
, 2018 Kenneth M. Wilson
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Responses of African Savanna Trees to Large Herbivore Extinction and Rewilding. [PDF]
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