<b>The platonic dialectics and St. Augustine’s vision in Ostia Tiberina
Abstract
This study aimed to review the philosophical-religious experience of Neoplatonism and the structural similarities in the textual scenario of Confessions of St. Augustine, specifically the episode of Ostia Vision. The process of ascension to the contemplation of higher realities contains a similar gradation in both authors, but differs by both the symbolism of images, and by pursuing different reasons. However, they retain aspects of a similar dialectics, from the relationship the soul establishes with the inner light of the mind in its displacement by different levels of understanding.
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