Saint Augustine and the Problem of Christian Philosophy. Part 2
Saint Augustine and the Problem of Christian Philosophy. Part 2

Summary/Abstract: The starting point of my considerations in the article (Part 1) is a debate among historians of philosophy about the existence of such a thing as Christian philosophy. Within this debate, the question of the very legitimacy of the use of such a term in historical-philosophical discourse has arisen. I try to show how the use of the term Christian philosophy can be justified by using the example of thought of Saint Augustine of Hippo, who, in many respects, can be considered the historical model of the Christian philosopher. Christianity is not a censoring factor for him, but rather facilitates his reflections by showing a way out of intellectual problems born in pagan culture. In Part 2, I present a particular philosophical problem that could have not been resolved by Augustine when he relied on pagan sources. Only with the aid of Christian revelation was he able to undertake it and to give it its proper intellectual framework. It is the linguistic and theological problem of the so-called verbum interius.

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