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Alexander Adams (narrator) and
Garry Wills
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Books on Tape
Publication date
October 1, 2000
Binding
Cassette/Spoken Word
Edition
Unabridged
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780736649421
ISBN-10
0736649425
Dimensions
1 by 4.50 by 7.25 in.
Weight
0.35 lbs.
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$24.95
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audio
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: For centuries, Augustine's writings have moved and fascinated readers. With the keen eye of a writer whose own intellectual analysis won him a Pulitzer Prize, Gary Wills examines this famed fourth-century bishop and seminal thinker whose grounding in classical philosophy informed his interpretation of Christian doctrine. Saint Augustine explores Augustine's thought as well as the everyday man who set pen to parchment. It challenges many misconceptions, including those regarding his early sexual excesses. It portrays Augustine as being "peripheral in his day, a provincial on the margins of classical culture" who didn't even know Greek. Here is a lively and incisive portrait of one who helped shape Western thinking.
"Wills's agile mind matches the agility of Saint Augustine. He presents his subject with candor and with empathy." (New York Times Book Review)
Editions
Hardcover
from Viking Pr (June 1, 1999)
9780670886104 | details & prices | 152 pages | 5.75 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $19.95
About: A portrait of one of the founding fathers of Western religious philosophy, challenging misconceptions concerning his early hedonistic life and his influential interpretations of Christian doctrine
About: A portrait of one of the founding fathers of Western religious philosophy, challenging misconceptions concerning his early hedonistic life and his influential interpretations of Christian doctrine
Paperback
Reprint edition from Penguin USA (September 1, 2005)
9780143035985 | details & prices | 152 pages | 5.00 × 7.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $15.00
About: The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lincoln at Gettysburg furnishes an incisive portrait of one of the founding fathers of Western religious philosophy and theology, challenging misconceptions concerning his early hedonistic life and his influential interpretations of Christian doctrine.
About: The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lincoln at Gettysburg furnishes an incisive portrait of one of the founding fathers of Western religious philosophy and theology, challenging misconceptions concerning his early hedonistic life and his influential interpretations of Christian doctrine.
Miscellaneous
With Marc Bekoff |
from Penguin USA (December 1, 2000)
9780140884210 | details & prices | List price $19.95
This edition also contains Animal Manifesto: Six Reasons for Expanding Our Compassion Footprint
This edition also contains Animal Manifesto: Six Reasons for Expanding Our Compassion Footprint
Cassette/Spoken Word
The price comparison is for this edition
With Alexander Adams (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Books on Tape (October 1, 2000)
9780736649421 | details & prices | 4.50 × 7.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $24.95
About: For centuries, Augustine's writings have moved and fascinated readers.
About: For centuries, Augustine's writings have moved and fascinated readers.
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