Does anyone have a name for the painting on the cover of this book?

Barfing Lady with Tree Hat

>>9312355
I don't think that's it.

>>9312339
The back says "cover illustration shows st. Augustine in the region of dissimilarity, taken from a fifteenth century manuscript. Laurentian library, Florence, cod 1208, fo 132r."

>>9312369
Ah thanks I was looking in the first page or two should have known to check the back

>>9312339
Gonna read this in the next month or so. Is it a "hard" read?

>>9312477
Not hard at all. It's dense, being full of ideas and scripture, but it isn't difficult. It's not like a philosophy text if that's something you're thinking.

>>9312514
It isn't difficult to read and enjoy but actually it's incredibly philosophically dense. A lot of authors draw on it in surprising ways. Heidegger and stuff. It's kind of in vogue this past century.

>>9312339

it's called, 'i've spent the last week dictating repetitive shit about time'

>>9312514
>>9312520
So, if I don't know shit about philosophy, is this worth the read?

>>9312520
I do agree that it's philosophically dense but it isn't a typical philosophy text. It doesn't use the terminology that might scare someone off. It's much more of a layman's philosophy without being simplistic.

augustine did a fantastic job of uniting rhetoric and philosophy

his books are easy enough (albeit boring) for plebs, but incredibly deep

>>9312339
Was Augustine a nigger?

>>9312520
It's been in vogue in all past centuries.

Would it be stupid to read this without having read the Bible beforehand?

>>9313818
kys

>>9312573
That just makes it a philosohy text, not a "typical" one.

>>9313818
The edition in OP tells you when and where he takes his biblical phrases/allusions from.
He quotes from the psalms quite a bit.

The book mostly shows how platonic or neoplatonic philosophy can be applied to Christianity.

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>>9315479
Is that not what was said?

I'm glad Augustine is gaining popularity on /lit/