THE PARADOX OF INQUIRY IN AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS.
The Confessions recounts Augustine's successful search for God. But Augustine worries that one cannot search for God if one does not already know God. That version of the paradox of inquiry dominates and structures Confessions 1–10. I draw connections between the dramatic opening lines of book 1 and...
| Publicado en: | Metaphilosophy Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 20 - 39 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jan2008
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