Che cosa sia l’uomo per Agostino: la lucerna, il cavaliere, il centauro e la biga
A famous programmatic phrase from the Soliloquia shows how the young Augustine, in his thirties, had a clear idea of what one had to investigate in order to attain a knowledge of God: “Deum et animam scire cupio”. Here, Augustine established a link between two objects of research. Starting from this...
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| description | A famous programmatic phrase from the Soliloquia shows how the young Augustine, in his thirties, had a clear idea of what one had to investigate in order to attain a knowledge of God: “Deum et animam scire cupio”. Here, Augustine established a link between two objects of research. Starting from this relation, this article explores Augustine’s anthropological doctrine, and focuses on four images used by Augustine to illustrate the human condition: (1) the lamp (lucerna), symbolizing the man composed by a body, which is the container, and by a soul enclosed in the body, which is the flame. (2) The knight (eques), where although it is the horse (equus) that gives the name to the compound and defines the characteristics of its rider, the term ‘eques’ does not in any way designate the horse. (3) The centaur (centaurus), which expresses the inseparable unity of the two natures but also their distinction. (4) The chariot (biga), which perfectly symbolizes the union between body and soul, by the horses, and introduces a reference to God, by the figure of the charioteer. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1647882025-08-08T07:10:20Z Che cosa sia l’uomo per Agostino: la lucerna, il cavaliere, il centauro e la biga Ferretti, Ilaria Augustine man soul body God philosophical metaphors thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought::QDHF Medieval Western philosophy thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History A famous programmatic phrase from the Soliloquia shows how the young Augustine, in his thirties, had a clear idea of what one had to investigate in order to attain a knowledge of God: “Deum et animam scire cupio”. Here, Augustine established a link between two objects of research. Starting from this relation, this article explores Augustine’s anthropological doctrine, and focuses on four images used by Augustine to illustrate the human condition: (1) the lamp (lucerna), symbolizing the man composed by a body, which is the container, and by a soul enclosed in the body, which is the flame. (2) The knight (eques), where although it is the horse (equus) that gives the name to the compound and defines the characteristics of its rider, the term ‘eques’ does not in any way designate the horse. (3) The centaur (centaurus), which expresses the inseparable unity of the two natures but also their distinction. (4) The chariot (biga), which perfectly symbolizes the union between body and soul, by the horses, and introduces a reference to God, by the figure of the charioteer. Published 2025-08-08T07:10:18Z 2025-08-08T07:10:18Z 2016-06-01 chapter 9788875903145 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/164788 ita Quaderni di Noctua image/jpeg application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://dx.doi.org/10.14640/QuadernidiNoctua3-9 https://dx.doi.org/10.14640/QuadernidiNoctua3-9 E-theca OnLineOpenAccess Edizioni Ipsum verum non videbis nisi in philosophiam totus intraveris. Studi in onore di Franco De Capitani E-theca OnLineOpenAccess Edizioni, Università degli Studi di Torino 10.14640/QuadernidiNoctua3-9 10.14640/QuadernidiNoctua3-9 9c743178-7a11-43f5-9c4d-07b93e99f80f fa6841bc-b860-4810-afe7-ff8dc7365791 9788875903145 E-theca OnLineOpenAccess Edizioni, Università degli Studi di Torino 3 281-339 Florence, Parma, Turin open access |
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| title | Che cosa sia l’uomo per Agostino: la lucerna, il cavaliere, il centauro e la biga |
| title_full | Che cosa sia l’uomo per Agostino: la lucerna, il cavaliere, il centauro e la biga |
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| title_short | Che cosa sia l’uomo per Agostino: la lucerna, il cavaliere, il centauro e la biga |
| title_sort | che cosa sia l uomo per agostino la lucerna il cavaliere il centauro e la biga |
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