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The Problem of Self-Love in St. Augustine
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The Problem of Self-Love in St. Augustine Paperback - 2006

by O'Donovan, Oliver

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  • Title The Problem of Self-Love in St. Augustine
  • Author O'Donovan, Oliver
  • Binding Paperback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 230
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wipf and Stock
  • Date 2006-11-01
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 1597529532_used
  • ISBN 9781597529532 / 1597529532
  • Weight 0.54 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 6.32 x 0.5 in (21.59 x 16.05 x 1.27 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Dewey Decimal Code 241.4

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The primal destruction of man was self-love. There is no one who does not love himself; but one must search for the right love and avoid the warped. Indeed you did not love yourself when you did not love the God who made you. These three sentences set side by side show why the problem of self-love in St. Augustine of Hippo constitutes a problem. Self-love is loving God; it is also hating God. Self-love is common to all men; it is restricted to those who love God. Mutually incompatible assertions about self-love jostle one another and demand to be reconciled. --from the Introduction In saying that self-love finds its only true expression in love of God Augustine is formulating in one of many possible ways a principle fundamental to his metaphysical and ethical outlook, namely that moral obligation derives from an obligation to God which is at the same time a call to self-fulfillment. --from the Conclusion