Pride, Politics, and Humility in Augustine’s City of God Keys Paperback

Pride, Politics, and Humility in Augustine\u2019s City of God\n\nThe first book to explicate and analyse Augustine's seminal argument concerning humility and pride, especially in politics and philosophy.\n\nMary M. Keys (Author)\n\n9781009201087, Cambridge University Press\n\nPaperback / softback, published 13 July 2023\n\n266 pages\n22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.436 kg\n\n'Keys has given us a supremely readable account of Augustine's City of God. Her book \u2026 represents an original contribution which nevertheless summarizes the best English-language scholarship on that work while it also focuses attention on the wider oeuvre of the bishop of Hippo. As such it is valuable both to novices in the study of the City of God and to students of the history of political theory and philosophy who are looking for an appropriate optic to read Augustine's magnum opus.' Robert Dodaro, The Thomist\n\nThis book is the first to interpret and reflect on Augustine's seminal argument concerning humility a.