SAINT AUGUSTINE’S AND DANTE’S MODELS OF HISTORY

In this paper, I will try to analyze St. Augustine’s and Dante’s views towards history by showing how their visions can be articulated into particular models of history, i.e. a particular schema that describes the unfolding of history with its specific focal points, and to what extent this model di...

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Main Author: Vlad-Lucian ILE
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Published: Babeș-Bolyai University 2017-08-01
Series:Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai. Philosophia
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Online Access:https://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbphilosophia/article/view/3284
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description In this paper, I will try to analyze St. Augustine’s and Dante’s views towards history by showing how their visions can be articulated into particular models of history, i.e. a particular schema that describes the unfolding of history with its specific focal points, and to what extent this model differs from one author to another. If in Augustine’s case, by exploring his division of sacred history in component parts, that can be found throughout his work, I will argue for a Christocentric model, in Dante’s case, by analyzing his work on political philosophy, De monarchia, I will argue for a teleological model of history.
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spelling doaj-art-dcb10856887a4f989c3e7b7eb07f0c2b2025-08-20T03:15:57ZdeuBabeș-Bolyai UniversityStudia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai. Philosophia2065-94072017-08-0162210.24193/subbphil.2017.2.06SAINT AUGUSTINE’S AND DANTE’S MODELS OF HISTORYVlad-Lucian ILE0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7063-7256Faculty of History and Philosophy, "Babeș-Bolyai" University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: vladile@yahoo.com. In this paper, I will try to analyze St. Augustine’s and Dante’s views towards history by showing how their visions can be articulated into particular models of history, i.e. a particular schema that describes the unfolding of history with its specific focal points, and to what extent this model differs from one author to another. If in Augustine’s case, by exploring his division of sacred history in component parts, that can be found throughout his work, I will argue for a Christocentric model, in Dante’s case, by analyzing his work on political philosophy, De monarchia, I will argue for a teleological model of history. https://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbphilosophia/article/view/3284St. Augustine, Dante Alighieri, models of history, eschatology, apocalypticism, De monarchia
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SAINT AUGUSTINE’S AND DANTE’S MODELS OF HISTORY
Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai. Philosophia
St. Augustine, Dante Alighieri, models of history, eschatology, apocalypticism, De monarchia
title SAINT AUGUSTINE’S AND DANTE’S MODELS OF HISTORY
title_full SAINT AUGUSTINE’S AND DANTE’S MODELS OF HISTORY
title_fullStr SAINT AUGUSTINE’S AND DANTE’S MODELS OF HISTORY
title_full_unstemmed SAINT AUGUSTINE’S AND DANTE’S MODELS OF HISTORY
title_short SAINT AUGUSTINE’S AND DANTE’S MODELS OF HISTORY
title_sort saint augustine s and dante s models of history
topic St. Augustine, Dante Alighieri, models of history, eschatology, apocalypticism, De monarchia
url https://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbphilosophia/article/view/3284
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