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Augustinianism

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Augustine exerted a pervasive influence on philosophy throughout the Renaissance period, due in large part to a renewed effort to recover the entirety of his oeuvre and a recognition of his role as a mediator between classical and Christian culture.

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Lee, A. (2019). Augustinianism. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_1188-1

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