Il senso medico di pestilentia in Agostino

Autori

  • Giovanni Catapano Università degli Studi di Padova

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14640/QuadernidiNoctua7-1

Parole chiave:

Augustine, epidemic, pandemic, pestilence, plague

Abstract

In this contribution, an analysis of the term pestilentia in Augustine’s works is developed. First, all the textual places where the term recurs are listed, specifying the type of meaning it has. A distinction is made between a proper sense, of a medical kind, and a metaphorical sense, of a moral kind. Secondly, the passages where the word pestilentia is used in a clearly medical sense are examined in detail.

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Pubblicato

2024-12-12

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Sezione

Quaderni di Noctua