Through his meditation on the inner experience of evil, Augustine develops an understanding of sin as a personal act rooted in human freedom. In this way, he breaks with the cosmic and fatalistic conceptions of evil characteristic of Manichaeism, opening the way to a notion of individual responsibility. The shift from evil understood as a principle distinct from the good to evil understood in relation to sin as the result of a free choice, is accomplished by Augustine through a combination of biblical exegesis and philosophical reflection. In his anti-Manichaean writings, the interpretation of the Genesis narrative becomes a site of philosophical elaboration since Augustine sees in Adam’s act of grasping the forbidden fruit the example of the disorder of the human will, and at the same time the key to understanding the origin of guilt and moral evil.
A partire dalla meditazione sull’esperienza interiore del male, Agostino elabora una comprensione del peccato come atto personale radicato nella libertà dell’uomo. In tal modo, egli rompe con le concezioni cosmiche e fatalistiche del male proprie del manicheismo, aprendo la via a un pensiero che comprende la responsabilità individuale. Il passaggio dal male inteso come principio distinto dal bene al male in relazione al peccato, risultato di una scelta libera, si compie in Agostino unendo esegesi biblica e riflessione filosofica. Nei suoi scritti antimanichei, l’interpretazione del racconto della Genesi diventa luogo di elaborazione filosofica poiché Agostino riconosce nel gesto di Adamo che coglie il frutto proibito l’esempio del disordine della volontà umana, e insieme la chiave per comprendere l’origine della colpa e del male morale.
La nozione di peccato negli scritti antimanichei di Agostino tra esegesi biblica ed elaborazione teorica
ARCIDIACONO, GRETA
2024/2025
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Through his meditation on the inner experience of evil, Augustine develops an understanding of sin as a personal act rooted in human freedom. In this way, he breaks with the cosmic and fatalistic conceptions of evil characteristic of Manichaeism, opening the way to a notion of individual responsibility. The shift from evil understood as a principle distinct from the good to evil understood in relation to sin as the result of a free choice, is accomplished by Augustine through a combination of biblical exegesis and philosophical reflection. In his anti-Manichaean writings, the interpretation of the Genesis narrative becomes a site of philosophical elaboration since Augustine sees in Adam’s act of grasping the forbidden fruit the example of the disorder of the human will, and at the same time the key to understanding the origin of guilt and moral evil.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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