The metamorphoses of the city of God /Étienne Gilson ; translated by James G. Colbert ; foreword by Rémi Brague.

Gilson, Étienne, 1884-1978,

The metamorphoses of the city of God /Étienne Gilson ; translated by James G. Colbert ; foreword by Rémi Brague. - Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource (xvi, 252 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Origins of the problems -- The city of God -- The Christian commonwealth -- The universal empire -- On the peace of faith -- The city of the sun -- The birth of Europe -- The city of the philosophers -- The city of scientists -- The church and universal society.

"Written at the time when the first tentative steps were being taken to set up the European Union, this book examines various attempts through the history of the Western world, from Augustine to the Enlightenment, to conceive of and create a unity of humankind"--



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Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430 --
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Utopias.


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