According to Jean Pépin (Saint Augustin et la dialectique, Villanova: Villanova University Press, 1976), we can find in Augustine two opposing viewpoints on the use of dialectic in theology: one positive and most clearly stated in the «De doctrina christiana» and the «Contra Cresconium»; the other negative, emerging in the last period of Augustine's life and especially in the treatises against Julian of Aeclanum. The article shows, on the contrary, that Augustine's position remained the same throughout his episcopate, and that his antidialectical statements in his last writings do not concern dialectic itself, but, rather, the incorrect uses of dialectic.
Augustine, Julian, and Dialectic: A Reconsideration of J. Pépin's Lecture
CATAPANO, GIOVANNI
2010
Abstract
According to Jean Pépin (Saint Augustin et la dialectique, Villanova: Villanova University Press, 1976), we can find in Augustine two opposing viewpoints on the use of dialectic in theology: one positive and most clearly stated in the «De doctrina christiana» and the «Contra Cresconium»; the other negative, emerging in the last period of Augustine's life and especially in the treatises against Julian of Aeclanum. The article shows, on the contrary, that Augustine's position remained the same throughout his episcopate, and that his antidialectical statements in his last writings do not concern dialectic itself, but, rather, the incorrect uses of dialectic.
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