Baroque and the order of love structural parallels in Corneille'sLe Cid and Vondel'sJeptha

Neophilologus ◽  
1965 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert S. G�rard
Keyword(s):  
Order Of Love

Politics & the Order of Love. By Eric Gregory

2010 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 704-705
Author(s):  
John Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Order Of Love

Book Review: Politics and the Order of Love: An Augustinian Ethic of Democratic Citizenship

2010 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 985-986
Author(s):  
Stephen J. Pope
Keyword(s):  
Democratic Citizenship ◽  
Order Of Love

Eric Gregory, Politics and the Order of Love

2010 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-164
Author(s):  
Autumn Ridenour
Keyword(s):  
Order Of Love

Remigio dei Girolami—The Order of Love

1999 ◽  
pp. 293-315
Author(s):  
M. S. KEMPSHALL
Keyword(s):  
Order Of Love

Between Presumption and Despair: Augustine's Hope for the Commonwealth

2018 ◽  
Vol 112 (4) ◽  
pp. 1036-1049 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAEL LAMB
Keyword(s):  
Political Theory ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Common Object ◽  
Civic Friendship ◽  
Positive Form ◽  
Order Of Love ◽  
Temporal Goods

Many political theorists dismiss Augustine as a pessimist about politics, assuming his “otherworldly” account of love precludes hope for this-worldly politics. This article challenges this pessimism by applying recent research on Augustine's “order of love” to reconstruct his implicit order of hope. Analyzing neglected sermons, letters, and treatises, I argue that Augustine encourages hope for temporal goods as long as that hope is rightly ordered and avoids the corresponding vices of presumption and despair. I then identify “civic peace” as a common object of hope that diverse citizens can share. By recovering hope as a virtue and reframing civic peace as a positive form of civic friendship, I argue that Augustine commends a hope for the commonwealth that avoids both presumption and despair. I conclude by analyzing how Augustine's vision of the commonwealth can inform contemporary political theory and practice.

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