Overcoming our evil
Subtitle: human nature and spiritual exercises in Xunzi and Augustine
By: Aaron Stalnaker.
Series: Moral traditions series
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9781589010949
Subjects: Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Saint; Xunzi, 340-245 B.C; Good and evil; Conduct of life; Ethics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Abbreviations of Augustine's works; title: Comparative ethics; title: Contexts for interpretation; title: Ugly impulses and a muddy heart; title: Broken images of the divine; title: Comparing human natures; title: Artifice is the way; title: The mind's crucifixion and resurrection; title: Spiritual exercises in comparative perspective; title: Understanding and neighborliness.