CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2010
| Author | Rajcevic, Uros Franja |
|---|---|
| Title | Quidam Cicero: The Indebtedness of Augustine's Doctor Christianus to Cicero's Orator |
| Summary | This thesis studies the formation of Augustine’s Christian culture in the larger context of the late Roman (Latin) high culture. The research focuses on two major points. The first one were the schools, which prepared a student to participate in the culture and maintained and perpetuated the culture. The other was the Fourth book of Augustine’s De Doctrina Christiana and its relationship with the works of Cicero and Roman culture in general. From the study of the process of education, a pattern of Roman culture emerges, as well as the connexion of education (“culture préparatoire”) and culture (“culture générale”). Coupled with Augustine’s contemporaneous and reflected views on this process, the study shines a light on Augustine’s Christianizing tendencies in the later years. The analysis of the Fourth book of De Doctrina Christiana forms the key part of the argument, following Augustine’s advice for a Christian teacher. A further examination of the work observes its connexion to Cicero and its indebtedness to Cicero’s theoretical treatises on oratory, which contain certain educational and cultural ideals. Seen through the prism of the fully-formed West Roman culture of the period and the Latin system of education, as well as Augustine’s experience and participation in both, the thesis examines arguments for and against Augustine’s design of a separate Christian culture (including education and general culture). |
| Supervisor | Sághy, Marianne; Menze, Volker |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2010/rajcevic_uros.pdf |
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