{"product_id":"against-the-academics-saint-augustine-9780300238518","title":"Against the Academics: St. Augustine's Cassiciacum Dialogues, Volume 1 Volume 1","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fresh, new translation of Augustine's inaugural work as a Christian convert\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Lively, engaging and accurate translations. . . . There is much in this dialogue and Foley's presentation of it for contemporary readers to take seriously.\"--Erik Kenyon, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBryn Mawr Classical Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The first four works written by St. Augustine of Hippo after his conversion to Christianity are the remarkable \"Cassiciacum dialogues.\" In this first dialogue, expertly translated by Michael Foley, Augustine and his interlocutors explore the history and teachings of Academic skepticism, which Augustine is both sympathetic to and critical of. The dialogue serves as a fitting launching point for a knowledge of God and the soul, the overall subject of the Cassiciacum tetralogy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Saint Augustine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300238517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300238518\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.10d","brand":"Saint Augustine","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46489209635071,"sku":"9780300238518","price":66.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d7664a98-df84-4c87-a5aa-3e5de729ebde.jpg?v=1736952895","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/against-the-academics-saint-augustine-9780300238518","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}