Book contents
- Pride, Politics, and Humility in Augustine’s City of God
- Pride, Politics, and Humility in Augustine’s City of God
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Text
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The City of God I–V
- 3 The City of God VI–VII
- 4 The City of God VIII–X
- 5 The City of God XI–XII
- 6 The City of God XIII–XIV
- 7 The City of God XV–XVIII
- 8 The City of God XIX–XXII
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
8 - The City of God XIX–XXII
Humility, Pride, Peace, and Participation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 June 2022
Book contents
- Pride, Politics, and Humility in Augustine’s City of God
- Pride, Politics, and Humility in Augustine’s City of God
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Text
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The City of God I–V
- 3 The City of God VI–VII
- 4 The City of God VIII–X
- 5 The City of God XI–XII
- 6 The City of God XIII–XIV
- 7 The City of God XV–XVIII
- 8 The City of God XIX–XXII
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 8 treats books XIX–XXII, the final segment of The City of God, focusing on the last end or summum bonum. In these key books, the antidote to pride, flowing from humility, emerges in Augustine’s narrative as “participation” – free and willing partaking by creatures in God’s being, wisdom, and love. Crucial to this participation, and the genuine community or res publica it makes possible, are recognition of humanity’s creaturely status and the rejection of the pull toward autarchy or a false sense of self-sufficiency.
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- Pride, Politics, and Humility in Augustine’s City of God , pp. 201 - 235Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022