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  • Parting Knowledge

    Essays after Augustine

    by James Wetzel ...
    There are forms of knowing that seem either to come from a parting or to require one. Paradigmatically in Genesis, Adam parts from God in order to join in knowledge with his partner, the flesh of his flesh, and the result is a bereft but not unpromising knowledge, looking like a labor of love. Saint Augustine famously--some would say infamously--reads the Genesis paradigm of knowing as a story of ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Augustine's City of God

    A Critical Guide

    Edited by James Wetzel ...
    Series series Cambridge Critical Guides
    Augustine's City of God has profoundly influenced the course of Western political philosophy, but there are few guides to its labyrinthine argumentation that hold together the delicate interplay of religion and philosophy in Augustine's thought. The essays in this volume offer a rich examination of those themes, using the central, contested distinction between a heavenly city on earthly pilgrimage ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Augustine and Time

    by Thomas Clemmons, Alexander R. Eodice, James Wetzel, Makiko Sato, Cristiane Negreiros Abbud Ayoub, Matthew W. Knotts, Megan Loumagne Ulishney, Paul Ulishney, Patricia Grosse, Celia Kathryn Hatherly, Daniel W. Houck, Brendan Case, Sarah Hogarth Rossiter, Matthew Vanderpoel, Sonam Kachru, Davey K. Tomlinson, Joy Brennan ...
    Series series Augustine in Conversation: Tradition and Innovation
    This collection examines the topic of time in the life and works of Augustine of Hippo. Adopting a global perspective on time as a philosophical and theological problem, the volume includes reflections on the meaning of history, the mortality of human bodies, and the relationship between temporal experience and linguistic expression. As Augustine himself once observed, time is both familiar and ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Augustine: A Guide for the Perplexed

    by Professor James Wetzel ...
    Series series Guides for the Perplexed
    This is a student's guide to the life and work of Augustine; a notoriously challenging thinker, widely read in Philosophy and Christian Theology. The book provides a concise and coherent overview of Augustine, introducing all the key concepts and themes, and is ideal for undergraduates who require more than just a simple introduction to his work and thought. ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Augustine and Philosophy

    by Johannes Brachtendorf, John D. Caputo, Alexander R. Eodice, Wayne J. Hankey, John Peter Kenney, Paul A. Macdonald Jr, Gareth B. Matthews, Roland J. Teske, Frederick Van Fleteren, James Wetzel, Jesse Couenhoven ...
    Series series Augustine in Conversation: Tradition and Innovation
    Augustine of Hippo was a philosopher as well as theologian, bishop and saint. He aimed to practice philosophy not simply as an academic discipline but as a love for divine wisdom pervading everything in his life and work. To inquire into Augustine and philosophy is thus to get to the heart of his concerns as a Christian writer and uncover some of the reasons for his vast influence on Western ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

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    St. Augustine's Confessions: The Arc of Conversion

    by James Wetzel ...
    Narrated by James Wetzel ...
    Series series Learn25: Literature

    Unabridged

    4 hours 50 min

    As with any great work of the literary imagination, The Confessions of Saint Augustine defies categorization. It is part spiritual autobiography, part theological meditation—but above all, it is one of the most superb masterpieces ever written.In St. Augustine’s Confessions: The Arc of Conversion, you will join leading Augustine expert and award-winning professor James Wetzel in exploring this ... Read more

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  • History of Western Philosophy

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    Hailed as “lucid and magisterial” by The Observer, this book is universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject of Western philosophy.Considered to be one of the most important philosophical works of all time, the History of Western Philosophy is a dazzlingly unique exploration of the ideologies of significant philosophers throughout the ages—from Plato and Aristotle ... Read more

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  • The Birth of Theory

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  • The Republic

    by Plato ...
    Plato's most famous work and one of the most important books ever written on the subject of philosophy and political theory, "The Republic" is a fictional dialogue between Socrates and other various Athenians and foreigners which examines the meaning of justice. Written in approximately 380 BC, "The Republic" also discusses Plato's "Theory of Forms", the nature of the philosopher, the conflict ... Read more

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  • Maimonides

    Life and Thought

    by Moshe Halbertal ...
    A comprehensive and accessible account of the life and thought of Judaism's most celebrated philosopherMaimonides was the greatest Jewish philosopher and legal scholar of the medieval period, a towering figure who has had a profound and lasting influence on Jewish law, philosophy, and religious consciousness. This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to his life and work, ... Read more

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  • From Extreme Violence to the Problem of Civility

    A Selection from Violence and Civility: On the Limits of Political Philosophy

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    Translated by G.M. Goshgarian ...
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