La Création du monde et le Temps

by Augustine of Hippo

German, Latin (translation)
Original Latin

Genres: Philosophy

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 398

About the author

Early church father and philosopher Saint Augustine served from 396 as the bishop of Hippo in present-day Algeria and through such writings as the autobiographical Confessions in 397 and the voluminous City of God from 413 to 426 profoundly influenced Christianity, argued against Manichaeism and Donatism, and helped to establish the doctrine of original sin.

An Augustinian follows the principles and doctrines of Saint Augustine.

People also know Aurelius Augustinus in English of Regius (Annaba). From the Africa province of the Roman Empire, people generally consider this Latin theologian of the greatest thinkers of all times. He very developed the west. According to Jerome, a contemporary, Augustine renewed "the ancient Faith."

The Neo-Platonism of Plotinus afterward heavily weighed his years. After conversion and his baptism in 387, Augustine developed his own approach to theology and accommodated a variety of methods and different perspectives. He believed in the indispensable grace to human freedom and framed the concept of just war. When the Western Roman Empire started to disintegrate from the material earth, Augustine developed the concept of the distinct Catholic spirituality in a book of the same name. He thought the medieval worldview. Augustine closely identified with the community that worshiped the Trinity. The Catholics and the Anglican communion revere this preeminent doctor. Many Protestants, especially Calvinists, consider his due teaching on salvation and divine grace of the theology of the Reformation. The Eastern Orthodox also consider him. He carries the additional title of blessed. The Orthodox call him "Blessed Augustine" or "Saint Augustine the Blessed."

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Reviews

[Kristina · Rating 3 out of 5]

"C'est la sagesse même qui m'éclaire de la sorte et qui dissipe les ténèbres de mon âme"

Voici un des livres tiré des "Confessions" de St-Augustin (que je vais poursuivre avec celui sur "Le ciel et la terre"). Il apporte une réflexion intéressante sur la notion du temps au travers des paroles/questions qu'adresse St-Augustin à Dieu. L'essai s'appuie certes sur des sources et croyances religieuses il n'en reste pas moins qu'il apporte une réflexion philosophique et spirituelle intéressante.
Toutefois je me suis clairement noyée dans les mots la deuxième partie tant c'était répétitif et peu "éclaireur" (ou alors je n'ai pas fait l'effort de comprendre). Bref à part ça il y'a des passages qui m'ont beaucoup plût !

[Hend · Rating 3 out of 5]

i think the author isn't certain of what he is saying and sometimes he just pray and then i want to know the answers of the questions which he is supposed to talk about but that book is really goos and soft and the style of its writing is impressive

[Reinhard Gobrecht · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ein sehr lesenswertes Buch, wo Augustinus mit ausgesprochener Gründlichkeit untersucht, was Zeit ist bzw. nicht ist. Bei einer genauen Untersuchung des Zeitbegriffs erscheinen die Begriffe Vergangenheit, Gegensart und Zukunft relativ. In dem Buch wird auch ein Zusammenhang hergestellt zwischen Zeit und Ewigkeit aber auch die Unterschiede herausgearbeitet. Für Augustinus ist die Zeit ein Phänomen, welches in der Seele, aber nicht real existiert. Augustinus fragt: Was messe ich, wenn ich die Zeit messe? Die zukünftige Zeit ist noch nicht, also nicht messbar. Die gegenwärtige Zeit erstreckt sich über keinen definierten Zeitraum und kann daher auch nicht gemessen werden. Da die vergangene Zeit nicht mehr ist, kann diese auch nicht gemessen werden.