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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"Contra Academicos."”.
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Augustine against the academic doctrine, way of life, and use of philosophical writing.
The recent literature on Augustine's Contra Academicos stresses the philosophical, ethical, and literary elements of the text. However, these works neglect the polemical role of the dialogue as a response to Cicero's Academic Skepticism. I offer a reading of the first of Augustine's Cassiciacum …
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The conversion and therapy of desire in Augustine's Cassiciacum dialogues.
… I examine Augustine's Cassiciacum dialogues. In Contra Academicos (Against the Academics), Augustine argues that we must vigorously desire wisdom in order to attain it; that we must have hope in the possibility of attaining wisdom; and that our desire for wisdom must be bound in faith to Christ. …