Sentences with phrase «civitas terrena»

I paraphrase, but for Del Noce modernity (and especially late modernity) is predicated upon the attempted elimination of every form of transcendence: the transcendence of truth over pragmatic function, the transcendence of the orders of being and nature over the order of historical construction, the transcendence of the civitas dei over the civitas terrena, the transcendence of eternity over time, the transcendence of God over creation.

This tradition Beckett summarises in two concepts: the «Order of Love» and the civitas terrena / civitas Dei opposition.

This relative truth of texts to the truth of God leads to the second Augustinian concept employed in Beckett's argument — awareness of the opposition and relativity of the civitas terrena to the civitas Dei.

As many scholars have pointed out there is a remarkable resemblance between Hobbes's state of nature and Augustine's civitas terrena.

As in Augustine's two cities — the civitas terrena and the civitas dei — Lewis insisted on clear distinctions, and was not intimidated by the risk that distinctions may turn into antinomies.