Remo Gramigna - Augustines Theory of Signs, Signification, and Lying

Remo Gramigna

Augustine's Theory of Signs, Signification, and Lying

Semiotics of Religion

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Remo Gramigna

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To my father, Gerardo Gramigna, because he has been an inspiration to me and has helped me persevere through the many challenges I have had.

The present study is the pinnacle of numerous years of continuing interest in the thought of Augustine of Hippo. I wish to register my warm thanks to Dr. Timo Maran, whose unfailing assistance and judicious criticism helped me in preparing this work. I am also indebted to Professors Costantino Marmo and Giovanni Manetti who both provided me with constructive criticisms and insightful feedback. I am thankful to Professor Eugenio DAmico, Franco Tarsitano, Professor Silvana Vecchio and Professor Maria Bettetini, who carefully read some chapters of this work and provided assistance in formulating the general topic of this book. Silvana Vecchio has also read the chapter on lying, giving me constructive feedback. I should like to offer my appreciation to Giovanni Capatano and Angela Longo, for their interest as outside readers of this study and for providing insightful suggestions. To Mr. Jonathan Grant Griffin, Mr. Julian Bates, and Mr. David Bill who all proofread and edited the manuscript, is offered my great appreciation. A special acknowledgment goes to Dr. Silvi Salupere for the inspiration she gave me throughout my university years in Estonia, and to Professor Marina Grishakova for supporting my research at the University of Tartu.

I take this opportunity also of thanking my uncle, Ugo Vetere, whose advice, criticism and teachings he passed on to me during the last years of his life have been invaluable. I am deeply indebted to him and to my family for the untiring support they all provided throughout the long period of writing and research. It would have not been possible to complete this work without their aid. I am dedicating this book to my father, Gerardo Gramigna, because he has been an inspiration to me and has helped me persevere through the many challenges I have had.

This research was supported by the Estonian Research Council (Grant 1481, The Role of Imaginary Narrative Scenarios in Cultural Dynamics) and by the European Regional Development Fund (Center of Excellence in Estonian Studies).

Beata vita liber unus

Confessionum librim tredicim

Contra mendacium liber unun

De dialectica

De doctrina christiana libri quattour

De fide et symbolo liber unus

De mendacio liber unun

De magistro

De trinitate libri quindecim

De sermone domini in monte libri duo

De vera religione liber unus

De fide spe et caritate liber unus

Retractationum libri duo

Sermones

Soliloquia

Corpus christianorum, Series Latina

Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum

Patrologiae cursus completus. Series Latina, ed. J.-P. Migne

Collected Papers of Charles S. Peirce

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Essential Peirce

Humankind has crafted and used symbols of all sorts for millennia. It is not surprising that the concern towards the study of the concept of the sign cuts across the entire history of humanity, drawing criticisms and appraisals in a debate that is as fascinating as it is complex. The study of the notion of the sign has deep and ancient philosophical roots, to the extent that it is addressed in many branches of human knowledgefrom Hippocratic medicine to classical rhetoricyielding results often intertwined in a concordant or discordant way. However, it is possible to trace time periods in the history of Western thought in which the subject has been addressed organically and in greater depth.