Letter 14 (sect. 4) is the only place in all of Augustine’s works where he directly tackles the problem concerning the existence of ideas of individuals. In this paper, I subject the passage to a new and more detailed analysis, and I compare it with other places in the Augustinian corpus that can help illuminate its content. Augustine’s proposed solution to the problem is that in the divine Word, there is only one idea of the human being and one or more ideas, different from the former, which have as their object a whole of which many human individuals are parts.
Augustine on the Existence of Ideas of Individuals in Letter 14
Giovanni Catapano
2022
Abstract
Letter 14 (sect. 4) is the only place in all of Augustine’s works where he directly tackles the problem concerning the existence of ideas of individuals. In this paper, I subject the passage to a new and more detailed analysis, and I compare it with other places in the Augustinian corpus that can help illuminate its content. Augustine’s proposed solution to the problem is that in the divine Word, there is only one idea of the human being and one or more ideas, different from the former, which have as their object a whole of which many human individuals are parts.File in questo prodotto:
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