Seeing, Knowing, Becoming by Amanda C. Knight - 9781481321556

Name: Seeing, Knowing, Becoming by Amanda C. Knight - 9781481321556
Brand: Baylor University Press

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Seeing, Knowing, BecomingSense Perception As Metaphor in Augustine\nAuthor(s): Amanda C. Knight\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Baylor University Press, United States\nImprint: Baylor University Press\nISBN-13: 9781481321556, 978-1481321556\nSynopsis\nAugustine stands tall in the history of Christian thought as theologian, pastor, and philosopher in equal measure. His work, with its masterful use of language and depth of conceptualization, continues to challenge and resource the theological task. A particular mark of his brilliance lies in his appeal to the commonplace metaphor that the soul is an eye, a move that is not mere ornamentation but rather indicative of a larger, implicit schema. Tracing this schema not only yields an account of what Augustine thinks but also how he thinks.\n\n Amanda Knight presents this aspect of Augustine's thought as an entry point for his understanding of the reformation of the soul, or \""psychological\"" reformation. To demonstrate this claim, Seeing, K.