Augustine: The City of God against the Pagans (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)

By R. W. Dyson, Augustine of Hippo

This can be the 1st new rendition for a new release of the town of God, the 1st significant highbrow fulfillment of Latin Christianity and one of many vintage texts of Western civilization. Robert Dyson has produced an entire, actual, authoritative and fluent translation of De Civitate Dei, edited including complete biographical notes, a concise advent, bibliography and chronology of Augustine's existence. the result's a massive contribution of curiosity to scholars of theology, philosophy, ecclesiastical background, the historical past of political notion and overdue antiquity.

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'It reads remarkably good; it really is dependent, quite often succeeds in reproducing the rhetorical colouring Augustine often offers his argument, and, is remarkably devoted to the textual content. a quick yet precious creation ... presents the mandatory information regarding the context of the paintings, and summarises the details of Augustine's political idea. The publication is good-looking and good produced.' magazine of Ecclesiastical History

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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Latin

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I promised also3 that i'd convey what the morals of the Romans have been, and for what cause the real God, in Whose energy are all kingdoms, deigned to aid them raise their empire. I promised to teach how little aid they got from these whom they esteemed as gods, and what kind of damage these gods did in its place, through their deceit and falsehood. I see, then, that i need to now communicate of these items, and particularly of the expansion of the Roman empire. For i've got already acknowledged a lot, particularly within the moment publication, of the toxic deceit of the demons whom the Romans worshipped as gods, and of the good harm that these demons did to their morals. In all 3 of the books now accomplished, besides the fact that, i've got additionally proven, at any time when chance arose, how a lot solace God has granted to reliable and evil males alike, even in the middle of the evils of conflict, throughout the identify of Christ, to which the barbarians paid such nice honour past the customized of battle. during this manner, ‘He maketh His solar to upward thrust at the sturdy and the evil, and giveth rain to the simply and to the unjust. ’4 three no matter if so vast an empire, whilst obtained in simple terms by way of battle, may be counted one of the good stuff of the clever or chuffed allow us to now see, hence, the way it is that our adversaries enterprise to characteristic the nice breadth and length of the Roman empire to the gods: to these gods whom they declare to have worshipped with honour even if their carrier consisted of vile video games and the ministry of vile males. First, notwithstanding, I should still wish to commit a bit time to the next query. Is it clever or prudent to want to glory within the breadth and importance of an empire in case you can't convey that the boys whose empire it truly is are satisfied? For the Romans consistently lived in darkish worry and vicious lust, surrounded via the failures of warfare and the laying off of blood which, even if that of fellow electorate or enemies, used to be human still. the enjoyment of such males can be in comparison to the delicate splendour of glass: they're horribly afraid lest it's all of sudden shattered. That this can be understood extra sincerely, allow us to now not enable ourselves to be swayed by means of idle bombast. allow us to now not let the sting of our awareness to be dulled by way of the sumptuous names of items once we listen of‘peoples’, ‘kingdoms’ and ‘provinces’. as an alternative, allow us to think males (for every one person guy, like one letter in a textual content, is, because it have been, a component of town or state, regardless of how large it truly is in its career of the earth). allow us to consider this kind of males to be bad, or at any expense of reasonable capacity, and the opposite to be very filthy rich. the rich guy, notwithstanding, is stricken by means of fears; he pines with grief; he burns with greed. he's by no means safe; he's continuously unquiet and panting from unending confrontations along with his enemies. to be certain, he provides to his patrimony in massive degree through those miseries; yet along those additions he additionally lots up the main sour cares. in contrast, the guy of average capacity is self-sufficient on his small and circumscribed property. he's cherished of his family, and rejoices within the so much candy peace with kindred, neighbours and buddies.

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