文档介绍：Perception, Sensibility, and Moral Motivation in Augustine
A Stoic-Platonic Synthesis
This book argues that Augustine assimilated the Stoic theory of per-
ception into his theories of motivation, affectivity, therapy for the pas-
sions, and moral progress. Using his sermons to elucidate his treatises,
Sarah Catherine Byers demonstrates how Augustine enriched Stoic
cognitivism with Platonism to develop a fuller and coherent theory
of action. That theory underlies his account of moral development,
including his account of the mind’s reception of grace. By analyzing
Augustine’s engagement with Cicero, Seneca, Plotinus, Ambrose,
Jerome, Origen, and Philo of Alexandria, as well as his impact on the
debate between early modern theologians Bañez and Molina, Byers
sheds new light on a major thinker of the early Christian world whose
work is of critical importance for understanding key and recurring
themes in Western philosophy.
Sarah Catherine Byers is an assistant professor in the Department of
Philosophy at Boston College. She has held research fellowships at
the University of Notre Dame, the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval
Studies in Toronto, and Villanova University. Her articles have
appeared in the Journal of the History of Philosophy, the Review of
Metaphysics, Augustine’s City of God (Cambridge Critical Guides
series), panion to Augustine, and Augustinian Studies.
Perception, Sensibility, and Moral
Motivation in Augustine
A Stoic-Platonic Synthesis
Sarah Catherine Byers
Boston College
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