Brian Comp Stock (9 results)

Condition: New. Augustine of Hippo, a central figure in the history of Western thought, is also the author of a theory of reading that has had a profound influence on Western letters from the ages of Petrarch, Montaigne, Luther, and Rousseau to Freud and our own time. Stoc.

Condition: New. pp. 256.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Augustine's philosophy of life involves mediation, reviewing one's past and exercises for self-improvement. Centuries after Plato and before Freud he invented a 'spiritual exercise' in which every man and woman is able, through memory, to reconstruct and reinterpret life's aims. In this 2010 book, Brian Stock examines Augustine's unique way of blending literary and philosophical themes. He proposes a new interpretation of Augustine's early writings, establishing how the philosophical soliloquy (soliloquium) has emerged as a mode of inquiry and how it relates to problems of self-existence and self-history. The book also provides clear analysis of inner dialogue and discourse, and how, as inner dialogue complements and finally replaces outer dialogue, a style of thinking emerges, arising from ancient sources and a religious attitude indebted to Judeo-Christian tradition. …

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 208 1:B&W 5.5 x 8.5 in or 216 x 140 mm (Demy 8vo) Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 208.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 208.

Gebunden. Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. In this 2010 book, Brian Stock examines Augustine s unique way of blending literary and philosophical themes. He proposes a new interpretation of Augustine s early writings, establishing how the philosophical soliloquy (soliloquium) has emerged as a mode of. …

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 256 9:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Case Laminate on Creme w/Gloss Lam.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 256.