Augustine's Invention of the Inner Self

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Others have long said that certain notions of "self" had their origin in Augustine, but Cary's study is much more precise. He describes developments in the great bishop's thought with precision and careful documentation, and his arguments deserve a wide hearing. * Bibliotheca Sacra * ... a thought-provoking work that should be taken seriously by American evangelicals, who are often more Platonic than they realize. * Bibliotheca Sacra * Cary's case is set out step by step with a persuasive clarity, close reading of crucial texts, wide learning in respect to relevant scholarly literature, remarkably shrewd judgement on many very difficult and much controverted cruxes of interpretation. * Journal of Ecclesiastical History * ... the claims Cary makes for Augustine are unsurpassed and his judgements are of astonishing breadth. * Journal of Ecclesiastical History * ... well written ... commendable and definitely worth reading. * Religious Studies * ... a first-rate study of the influences on the great bishop and the innovations he made to his intellectual/spiritual inheritance ... the reader is in for a treat. * Theology Today *