Eternity's Ennui

Eternity's Ennui
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 433
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ISBN-10 : 9789004189362
ISBN-13 : 900418936X
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Book Synopsis Eternity's Ennui by : M.B. Pranger

Download or read book Eternity's Ennui written by M.B. Pranger and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the nature of Augustinian time as the unfathomable yet permanent focus of the present. What are the implications for Augustine’s confessional discourse? How to reconcile the brevity of time’s focus with eternity’s longueur and the rhetoric of digression?


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