The Origin of the Soul in St. Augustine`s Later Works O`connell Hardback

The Origin of the Soul in St. Augustine's Later WorksAuthor(s): Robert J. O'Connell\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Fordham University Press, United States\nImprint: Fordham University Press\nISBN-13: 9780823211722, 978-0823211722\nSynopsis\nThis book rounds off Robert O'Connell's study of St. Augustine's view of the human condition, begun is St. Augustine's Early Theory of Man, [url] [tel], and continued in St. Augustine's Confessions: The Odyssey of Soul. The central thesis of the first book, and guiding hypothesis of the second, proposed that Augustine thought of us, in \""Plotinian\"" terms, as \""fallen souls,\"" and that in all sincerity he interpreted the teachings of Scripture as reflecting that same view. Professor O'Connell sees the weightiest objection to his proposition as stemming from what scholars generally agree to be Augustine's firm rejection of that view in his later works. \n The central contention in this new book is that Augustine did indeed object his earlier theory,.