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by: Paul Strathern
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 189.2
EAN: 9781566631501
ISBN: 1566631505
Label: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher
Manufacturer: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 89
Publication Date: April 25, 1997
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher
Sales Rank: 555145
Studio: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher
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In St. Augustine in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of St. Augustine's life and ideas, and explains their influence on man's struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book also includes selections from St. Augustine's work; a brief list of suggested reading for those who wish to push further; and chronologies that place St. Augustine within his own age and in the broader scheme of philosophy.
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Rating:  - St. Augustine in 90 Slurs
Having read about a dozen or so of the "Philosphers in 90 Minutes" series, I was interested in what Strathern would have to say about the philospher/theologian St. Augustine. What Strathern had to say was basically that he doesn't think much of St. Augustine.
Too much sympathy is as deadly to objectivity as too much antipathy, but a modicum of sympathy is conducive to objectivity. Any degree of antipathy, on the other hand, tends toward the detriment of objectivity. Strathern may ... Read More
Rating:  - A great I*N*T*R*O*D*U*C*T*I*O*N
Am I missing something here? Is the title of this book not 'St. Augustine in 90 min'?
I dont understand people that pick up a book with a title like this and then complain on Amazon because of 'too little information'(see below).
I knew very little of St Aug. when I started this book because most of the books out there read like volumous engineering manuals.
This book is informative and witty and now I cant wait to read more on St. Aug.
Thank you ... Read More
Rating:  - Augustine summarized almost to abstraction...
St. Augustine is a subject that cannot be covered in 90 minutes, particularly in under 100 pages with large font. Still, this book serves as a great introduction for those who have ABSOLUTELY NO knowledge of the great philosopher.
If you're only looking for a brief thumbnail sketch of Augustine, or want to know the basic reasons (without details) why he's considered important, then this book will serve you well. If you're looking for details on his life, his theology, or philosophy, you'll ... Read More
Rating: - Completely useless
In this book you will not find useful information that you would not find somewhere else. But you will find many unfounded and biased judgments that allegedly correspond to a "critical" appraisal, but that only reflect the author's own prejudgments. I do not recommend this book.
Rating: - Too editorialized to be worthy of objective scholarship
It is compelling to want to learn about a prominent figure like Augustine in ninety minutes. Certainly ninety minutes is doctoral level reading in a world where our spans of attention have been greatly diminished by thirty-minute television sitcoms, thirty-second commercials and thirty minute guaranteed pizza delivery. But the real problem with Strathern's work is not so much that it implies knowledge of a man's life and thoughts in a short period of time, but that it is so editorialized as to make it ... Read More
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