Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Augustine’s Confessions
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Augustine’s Confessions
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Circumstances of Composition
- Part II Main Themes and Topics
- 4 Aversion and Conversion
- 5 Creation and Recreation
- 6 Sin and Concupiscence
- 7 Grace
- 8 God
- 9 Happiness and Friendship
- 10 Love, Will, and the Intellectual Ascents
- 11 Memory, Eternity, and Time
- 12 Philosophy
- 13 Pride and Humility
- 14 Soul, Self, and Interiority
- Part III Reception and Reading Strategies
- A Bibliographical Note
- Index
- Other Titles in the Series (continued from page ii)
- References
14 - Soul, Self, and Interiority
from Part II - Main Themes and Topics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 February 2020
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Augustine’s Confessions
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Augustine’s Confessions
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Circumstances of Composition
- Part II Main Themes and Topics
- 4 Aversion and Conversion
- 5 Creation and Recreation
- 6 Sin and Concupiscence
- 7 Grace
- 8 God
- 9 Happiness and Friendship
- 10 Love, Will, and the Intellectual Ascents
- 11 Memory, Eternity, and Time
- 12 Philosophy
- 13 Pride and Humility
- 14 Soul, Self, and Interiority
- Part III Reception and Reading Strategies
- A Bibliographical Note
- Index
- Other Titles in the Series (continued from page ii)
- References
Summary
Augustine directs his readers’ attention to the soul as an inner world, an interior space of the self that is not literally a place, but rather a dimension of being in which truths may be found, including God as the eternal truth that has always been present both within and above the soul as its creator. Yet, the self comes late to God within itself, because as sinners we keep turning our attention outward, trying to find happiness in external things.
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Further Reading
Bourke, V. Augustine’s Love of Wisdom: An Introspective Philosophy. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 1992.Google Scholar
Cary, P. Augustine’s Invention of the Inner Self: The Legacy of a Christian Platonist. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.Google Scholar
Cary, P. Inner Grace: Augustine in the Traditions of Plato and Paul. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Cary, P. Outward Signs: The Powerlessness of External Things in Augustine’s Thought. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.Google Scholar
Kenney, J. P. The Mysticism of Saint Augustine: Rereading the Confessions. New York: Routledge, 2005.Google Scholar
O’Connell, R. J. St. Augustine’s Confessions: The Odyssey of Soul. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1969.Google Scholar
O’Meara, J. J. Young Augustine: The Growth of St. Augustine’s Mind up to His Conversion. London: Longman, 1980.Google Scholar
Pseudo-Dionysius, . “Mystical Theology.” In Pseudo-Dionysius: The Complete Works, trans. Luibheid, C.. Classics of Western Spirituality. New York: Paulist, 1987.Google Scholar