Signification Verborum: A Study on Augustine’s ‘De Magistro’

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Signification Verborum: A Study on Augustine’s ‘De Magistro’

Churan Shi 1*
  • 1 The Stony Brook School, NY11790, The United States    
  • *corresponding author churan.shi@sbs.org
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Abstract

‘De Magistro’ (On the Teacher) is one of the most important writings of St Augustine, a medieval theologian whose works were very influential in the development of Western Philosophy and Christianity. This paper explores the significance of this text in four steps. First, it introduces the biographical information about the author, St Augustine. Second, it gives some information of the historical times in which the text was written. It then gives a summary of the content of the text and points out that the main theme of the text is the role of teacher, learner, and God in the acquisition of knowledge. Finally, it explores how Augustine’s philosophy of education, as is reflected in ‘De magistro’, still influences our modern world.

Keywords:

Purpose of language, The role of teacher, Independent thinking

Shi,C. (2023). Signification Verborum: A Study on Augustine’s ‘De Magistro’. Communications in Humanities Research,4,630-634.
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References

[1]. Gramigna, Remo. “2. On the conditions and possibilities of knowing: philosophy of semiosis in Augustine’s De magistro” in Augustine’s Theory of Signs, Signification, and Lying, 40-97. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2020.

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[10]. Augustin, St. The Teacher (389), trans. Robert P. Russel. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 1968

[11]. Rosenstock-Huessy, Eugen. On the ‘De magistro’ of St. Augustine: Paper read before the Augustinian Society at Harvard University. 1938. https://www.erhfund.org/wp-content/uploads/318.pdf

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Shi,C. (2023). Signification Verborum: A Study on Augustine’s ‘De Magistro’. Communications in Humanities Research,4,630-634.

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References

[1]. Gramigna, Remo. “2. On the conditions and possibilities of knowing: philosophy of semiosis in Augustine’s De magistro” in Augustine’s Theory of Signs, Signification, and Lying, 40-97. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2020.

[2]. Wetzel, James. Notes on the Ragtag Redemption of Language: Augustine’s De magistro. Academia. Accessed 2020. https://www.academia.edu/resource/work/42155603

[3]. Diener, David. Augustine’s De magistro: Teaching, Learning, Signs, and God. Pdcnet. Accessed 2022. https://www.pdcnet.org/principia/content/principia_2022_0001_0001_0027_0041

[4]. Karuzis, Joseph. Medieval Semiotics in Saint Augustine’s De Magistro. https://core.ac.uk>pdf 2007.

[5]. 2114 On the teacher, https://augnet.org/en/works-of-augustine/writings-of-augustine/

[6]. The Formation of Augustine’s Educational Thoughts. https://www.renrendoc.com/paper/86789568.html

[7]. Juntang, Bai&Ling, Zhang. The Implications of Augustine’s Philosophy of Teaching to Modern Education. https://www.doc88.com/p-0721918679140.html?r=1

[8]. Augustine. “The Teacher”, in Augustine: Earlier Writings, trans. John H.S. Burleign, The Library of Christian Classics Ichthus Edition, Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1953

[9]. Augustine. The Teacher; The Free Choice of the Will; Grace and Free Will. Translated by Robert P. Russell. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America, 1967.

[10]. Augustin, St. The Teacher (389), trans. Robert P. Russel. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 1968

[11]. Rosenstock-Huessy, Eugen. On the ‘De magistro’ of St. Augustine: Paper read before the Augustinian Society at Harvard University. 1938. https://www.erhfund.org/wp-content/uploads/318.pdf

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