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Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Sehr guter Zustand / In very good condition. - Augustine�s philosophy of life involves meditation, reviewing one�s past, and exercises for self-improvement. Centuries after Plato and before Freud he invented a �spiritual exercise� in which every man and woman is able, through memory, to reconstruct and reinterpret life�s aims. Brian Stock examines Augustine�s unique way of blending literary and philosophical themes. He proposes a new interpretation of Augustine�s early writings, establishing how the philosophical soliloquy (soliloquium) has emerged as a mode of inquiry and how it relates to problems of self-existence and selfhistory. The book also provides clear analysis of inner dialogue and discourse and shows how, as inner dialogue complements and finally replaces outer dialogue, a style of thinking emerges, arising from ancient sources and a religious attitude indebted to Judeo-Christian tradition. ISBN 9780521190312