QUADERNI DI NOCTUA

La tradizione filosofica dall’antico al moderno. Studi e testi

History of Philosophy from the Ancient to the Modern Age. Studies and Editions

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Autore / Author: Franco De Capitani

Affiliazione / Author affiliation: Università degli Studi di Parma

Titolo / Title: L’orizzonte ‘sensibile’ del pensiero manicheo dell’Agostino ventisettenne e le fonti della sua informazione filosofica, secondo gli apporti della critica recente

Abstract: The purpose of this essay is to highlight the internal logic of Augustine’s thought as expressed in his De pulchro et apto, in order to provide a general interpretative key enabling the mapping of the various indications of sources, passages and concepts used by Augustine. Accordingly, this purpose is essentially twofold: (1) a logical and doctrinal exploration of Augustine’s De pulchro et apto (which is not just a treatment of the problem of beauty in a Manichaean perspective, but an exposition of the whole philosophy of the young, Manichean Augustine, in metaphysics, ethics, physics, cosmology, aesthetics, psychology and theology), and (2) a bibliographical update concerning the contents of this work and its Manichean cultural and philosophical context.

Keywords: Augustine; De pulchro et apto; sources; Manicheism.

English title: The ‘Sensory’ Horizon of the Manichean Thought of the 27-year-old Augustine and the Sources of his Philosophical Education, According to the Contributions of Recent Literature

DOI: 10.14640/QuadernidiNoctua5-4

Volume: 5

Pagine / Pages: 83-124

Pubblicazione / Publication date: 01/02/2019

Permalink: https://dx.doi.org/10.14640/QuadernidiNoctua5-4

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