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As a young student in Paris, OConnell was first enamored of the intriguing artistic imagery of Augustines works. The imagery continued to impress him as his scholarship continued. Now, after many years of research and regarding study on the topic, a thorough treatment of Augustines image clustersis revealed in this volume, Soundings in St. Augustines Imagination. That St. Augustines writings are empowered by use of poetic imagery is of interest to readers of philosophy, theology, as well as language. In this work, Augustines imagery is used as a basis to shed light on some of his thought which had previously puzzled the scholarly world. Soundings in St. Augustines Imagination is an imperative addition to any philosophical library and a rich reward for all intrigued by his dramatic use of language and metaphor.
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Augustine,--Saint, Bishop of Hippo.--Confessiones, Augustine,--Saint, Bishop of Hippo--Literary style, Christian saints--Algeria--Hippo (Extinct city)--Biography, Catholic Church--Algeria--Hippo (Extinct city)--Bishops--Biography, Imagination--Religious a
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1994
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BR65.A62O26 1994eb
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270.2/092
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Augustine,--Saint, Bishop of Hippo.--Confessiones, Augustine,--Saint, Bishop of Hippo--Literary style, Christian saints--Algeria--Hippo (Extinct city)--Biography, Catholic Church--Algeria--Hippo (Extinct city)--Bishops--Biography, Imagination--Religious a
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Soundings in St. Augustine's Imagination
by Robert J. O'Connell, S.J.
Fordham University Press New York
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Copyright 1994 by Fordham University
All rights reserved.
LC 93-11257
ISBN 0-8232-1347-1
ISBN 0-8232-1348-X
Second printing 1996
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data O'Connell, Robert J. Soundings in St. Augustine's imagination / by Robert J. O'Connell. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8232-1347-1: $40.00.ISBN 0-8232-1348-X: $19.95 1. Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. Confessiones. 2. Augustine, Saint, Bishop of HippoStyle. 3. Christian saintsAlgeriaHippo (Extinct city)Biography. 4. Catholic ChurchAlgeriaHippo (Extinct city)BishopsBiography. 5. Hippo (Extinct city)Biography. 6. ImaginationReligious aspectsChristianityHistory of doctrinesEarly church, ca. 30-600. I. Title. II. Title: Soundings in Saint Augustine's imagination. BR65.A62026 1994 270.2'092dc2093-11257 CIP
Printed in the United States of America
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CONTENTS
Aknowledgments
vii
Abbreviations
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Introduction
1
I Basic Images
1. The Omnia: "All Things"
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2. Peregrinatio Animae: The Wayfaring Soul
69
3. Fove Precantes, Trinitas: God's Omnipresent Care
95
II Variations on the Peregrinus Image
4. The Peregrine Prodigal
143
5. The Christian Odysseus
174
6. Augustine's "First Conversion": Factus Erectior
197
7. Homecoming to Ithaca
221
8. Deliciosae Lassitudines: Languorous Delights
246
Epilogue: Lines for Future Research
285
Bibliography
293
Indices
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For John J. O'Meara In friendship and esteem
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
For one's first or second book in a given field, acknowledging one's scholarly indebtedness can be a rather straightforward business. But it is a more challenging matter to dredge up memories of debts which go back, some of them, more than thirty years. How is one to recall accurately where, and with whom, one first contemplated the seed of an idea which came to flower only ten or twenty years later? How many a stimulating conversation have I enjoyed with the warm and kindly scholar to whom I dedicate this book; but how seldom can I pinpoint whether it was he, or someone to whom memory has errantly assigned his voice and manner, who casually tossed out this or that suggestion which subsequently laid bare some rich vein for research.
I am obliged, then, to limit myself to what I know, and beg advance indulgence for any grevious omissions. The reader will find that my Introduction already spells out a record, admittedly incomplete, of authors I am sure have presided, remotely or otherwise, over the long gestation of ideas finally developed in this book. But I must add to that list the name of Fr. G. Richard Dimler, S.J., who, as editor of
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