Augustine: The City of God against the Pagans

The first new rendition for a generation of one of the classic texts of Western civilisation.

Augustine (Author), R. W. Dyson (Edited by)

9780521468435, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 24 September 1998

1278 pages
21.6 x 14 x 5.4 cm, 1.222 kg

'It reads remarkably well; it is elegant, generally succeeds in reproducing the rhetorical colouring Augustine frequently gives his argument, and, is remarkably faithful to the text. A short but helpful introduction … provides the necessary information about the context of the work, and summarises the main points of Augustine's political thought. The book is handsome and well produced.' Journal of Ecclesiastical History

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 Texts series yet published, of interest to students of ecclesiastical history, the history of political thought, theology, philosophy, and late antiquity.

Preface
Introduction
A chronology of Augustine's life
Bibliographical note
The City of God against the Pagans
Biographical notes
Index.

Subject Areas: History of ideas [JFCX]