On Augustine
The Two Cities
Published on 27. November 2015
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Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-87140-707-8 (ISBN)
Description
Augustine's political philosophy is pregnant with arguments that racked not only Christian Europe but also much of the modern world. In On Augustine Alan Ryan carefully lays out the complicated political, philosophical and religious context of Augustine and traces the history of his impact on Western thought both within and beyond the Christian tradition.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
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WW Norton & Co
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
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Height: 186 mm
Width: 116 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
206 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87140-707-8 (9780871407078)
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Alan Ryan, after decades at Princeton University, was warden of New College, University of Oxford, where he was a professor of political theory. He is the author of John Dewey and the High Tide of American Liberalism and Bertrand Russell: A Political Life, among other works.