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On Creation, Science, Disenchantment and the Contours of Being and Knowing

On Creation, Science, Disenchantment and the Contours of Being and Knowing

Hardcover

Series: Reading Augustine

PhilosophyGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 1501344579
ISBN13: 9781501344572
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Sep 19 2019
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

For Augustine the world is replete with meaning; it represents not merely a collection of facts to be catalogued but a repository of truths to be discovered and discerned, a view which contrasts with the one we have inherited as a result of the thought of figures such as Descartes, Newton, and Kant. What difference would it make to see the world as created?

Matthew W. Knotts explores this question in close conversation with Augustine, according to whom our nature as God's creatures determines fundamental aspects of our identity and our knowledge. In a postmodern context informed by a renewed appreciation of the limitations of human nature and reason, Augustine once again emerges as an insightful and compelling source for further reflection.

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