Comparative Literature and Culture 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: De Doctrina Christiana, Book Of Genesis, Neoplatonism
5 May 2016
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St. augustine is from south africa, but he made his way to rome. Augustine, bishop of hippo (354 - 430 ce) Confessions almost a biography in the beginning: post-converted augustine, chastises the old augustine. City of god (against the pagans: post-converted augustus speaking about how the pantheon of gods have no power. On christian doctrine (includes discussion of signs and signi cation) great texts of semiotics. In-fans = un-speaking (fari = to speak) Augustine applied the neo-platonic notion he divinity behind everything in this world, is god: (ex. ) Today is a beautiful day we should appreciated the beauty in which god created. Linguistic cast of universe: in genesis, creation was creation in language. Arbitrary nature of the sign; most signs are conventional (very few natural) Read signs for divine digni ed (which is aways god) The moral fall whether or not you give into the lust.
