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Augustine: The City of God against the Pagans (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) y First edition Edition

by Augustine (Author), R. W. Dyson (Editor)
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ISBN-13: 978-0521468435
ISBN-10: 0521468434
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Product Details

  • Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
  • Paperback: 1278 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press; y First edition edition (November 13, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0521468434
  • ISBN-13: 978-0521468435
  • Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 2.1 x 8.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsShould be the new standard
By E. M. Dale on February 21, 2001
Format: Paperback
It is hard to find recent work on De Civitate Dei in English that does not use this newest edition and translation of probably Augustine's most influential work (if not his most readable). I am convinced that this will be the translation that will be used for the foreseeable future. An excellent rendering of the Latin original, wonderful introduction and copious notes. So clear and precise is the translation, and so helpful is the supporting scholarship, that one could conceivably come to this particular text of Augustine's work having no prior knowledge, and leave it with complete fluency. It is that good. For the full effect, get the 3 vols of the Loeb Classical Latin-English edition (the MacCracken-Greene translation is still very useful, though not in comparison to newer scholarship such as Dyson's) and work though the text yourself. I think that Augustine's Latin and Dyson's English match up well next to each other--this is a volume to own if you are contemplating any serious work with Augustine, or if you are just curious about what all the fuss over Augustine is about. A polemical, brilliant, controversial, and stimulating work, City of God is as good a place as any to introduce yourself to Augustine, and this is an excellent translation to use.
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5.0 out of 5 starsModern Language Translation for a challenging lengthy classic religious text
By Pelegrinus on December 31, 2013
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I have read the traditional English translation and found this modern translation to be far superior. City of God is a lengthy, difficult book, and this good translation makes it more accessible.
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4.0 out of 5 starsMore Detailed Table of Contents
By Jonathan Aquino on May 10, 2009
Format: Paperback
The Table of Contents isn't very detailed, so here's a more detailed one that you can print out and insert, based on the section titles:

Book I (3)
1 Of the Adversaries of the Name of Christ, Whom the Barbarians for Christ's Sake Spared When They Stormed the City
2 That It is Quite Contrary to the Usage of War, that the Victors Should Spare the Vanquished for the Sake of Their Gods
3 That the Romans Did Not Show Their Usual Sagacity When They Trusted that They Would Be Benefited by the Gods Who Had Been Unable to Defend Troy
4 Of the Asylum of Juno in Troy, Which Saved No One from the Greeks; And of the Churches of the Apostles, Which Protected from the Barbarians All Who Fled to Them
5 Caesar's Statement Regarding the Universal Custom of an Enemy When Sacking a City
6 That Not Even the Romans, When They Took Cities, Spared the Conquered in Their Temples
7 That the Cruelties Which Occurred in the Sack of Rome Were in Accordance with the Custom of War, Whereas the Acts of Clemency Resulted from the Influence of Christ's Name
8 Of the Advantages and Disadvantages Which Often Indiscriminately Accrue to Good and Wicked Men
9 Of the Reasons for Administering Correction to Bad and Good Together
10 That the Saints Lose Nothing in Losing Temporal Goods
11 Of the End of This Life, Whether It is Material that It Be Long Delayed
12 Of the Burial of the Dead: that the Denial of It to Christians Does Them No Injury
13 Reasons for Burying the Bodies of the Saints
14 Of the Captivity of the Saints, and that Divine Consolation Never Failed Them Therein
15 Of Regulus, in Whom We Have an Example of the Voluntary Endurance of Captivity for the Sake of Religion; Which Yet Did Not Profit Him, Though He Was a Worshipper of the...Read more ›
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