Lying : an Augustinian theology of duplicity /

Publisher's description: Most people would agree that compulsive lying is a "sickness." In his provocative Lying, Paul Griffiths suggests that consistent truth telling might evoke a similar response. After all, isn't unremitting honesty often associated with stupidity, insanity,...

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Main Author: Griffiths, Paul J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Created: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Brazos Press, c2004.
Subjects:
Augustine, > Saint, Bishop of Hippo.
Truthfulness and falsehood > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Truthfulness and falsehood.
Online Access:Table of contents
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Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. Augustine on the lie. Lying
  • Being
  • Sinning
  • Speaking
  • Disowning
  • Storytelling
  • pt. 2. Augustinian readings. Plato
  • Aristotle
  • Chrysostom
  • Jerome
  • Cassian
  • Aquinas
  • Kant
  • Newman
  • Nietsche
  • pt. 3. The community of truth.

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