St. Augustine's Confessions : the Odyssey of soul /

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:O'Connell, Robert J. author
Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:New York : Fordham University Press, 1989.
Description:xvi, 200 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1028565
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other title:Saint Augustine's Confessions.
ISBN:0823212653
Notes:First edition published in 1969 by Belknap Press of the Harvard University Press.
Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Preface to the Second Edition
  • Forms of Citation
  • Introduction
  • 1. Soul's Odysse: Fall and Return
  • 2. The Proëmium (book I, 1-6)
  • 3. A Meditation on Infancy (book I, 7-31)
  • 4. The Prodigal's Wandering (book Ii)
  • 5. First Conversion: Cicero, the Manichees (book Iii)
  • 6. To Become a Little One" Again (books IV and V, 1-2)"
  • 7. Faustus, Ambrose, and the One Teacher" (book V)"
  • 8. The Medicine of Faith and Suffering (book Vi)
  • 9. Paroxysm and Advancing Cure (book Vii, 1-12)
  • 10. The Decisive Admonition: Libri Platonicorum (book Vii, 13-27)
  • 11. A Central Difficulty: Emanation and Omnipresence
  • 12. The Pearl is Purchased (book Viii)
  • 13. Contemplation and the Soul's First-Fruits" (book Ix)"
  • 14. Noverim Te. Noverim Me (book X)
  • 15. Eternity and the Fall into Time (book Xi)
  • 16. The Soul's Eternal Home (book Xii)
  • 17. The Return of Image to Archetype (book Xiii)
  • 18. Conclusion
  • Index