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Saint Augustine, who spent 14 years composing this Christian and literary classic, wrote "City of God" as a defense of Christianity in the wake of the fall of the Roman Empire. "City of God" functions as a history of early Christianity, a critique of Roman polytheism, and a philosophy of history. Its central theme is the duality of good and evil. Augustine proposes a universal religious society, or "the perfectly ordered and harmonious communion of those who find their joy in God, and in one another in God."
| Details | | Series: | Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought |
| Size | | Length: | 1243 pages | | Height: | 8.8 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 2.2 in | | Weight: | 41.6 oz |
Publisher's Notes
First Line: "MY DEAR MARCELLINUS: This work which I have begun makes good my promise to you. In it I am undertaking nothing less than the task of defending the glorious City of God against those who prefer their own goods to its Founder."
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