https://doi.org/10.4081/scie.2016.590
SANT'AGOSTINO E LE SCIENZE
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Pubblicato: 3 marzo 2020
Several examples of Saint Augustin’s learning in sciences are reported. They show his constant research of the truth both in human rational knowledge and in faith, which must never be in disagreement. He always tries to overcome, with some-times straightforward and sometimes sophistic arguments, any inconsistency of the scientific knowledge with the literal or allegoric interpretation of the Holy Scriptures.