Augustine: the City of God Against the Pagans |
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| Author:
| Augustine, |
| Editor:
| Dyson, R. W. |
| Series title: | Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-511-80230-0 |
| Publication Date: | May 2019 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital download and online |
| List Price: | USD $520.00 |
Book Description:
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This is the first new rendition for a generation of The City of God, the first major intellectual achievement of Latin Christianity and one of the classic texts of Western Civilisation. Robert Dyson has produced a complete, accurate, authoritative and fluent translation of De Civitate Dei, edited together with full biographical notes, a concise introduction, bibliography and chronology of Augustine's life. The result is one of the most important single contributions to the Cambridge...
More DescriptionThis is the first new rendition for a generation of The City of God, the first major intellectual achievement of Latin Christianity and one of the classic texts of Western Civilisation. Robert Dyson has produced a complete, accurate, authoritative and fluent translation of De Civitate Dei, edited together with full biographical notes, a concise introduction, bibliography and chronology of Augustine's life. The result is one of the most important single contributions to the Cambridge Texts series yet published.