In the Self's Place: The Approach of Saint Augustine

446 Pages·2012·2.325 MB·English

by  Jean-Luc Marion, Jeffrey Kosky (transl.)

in the self’s place

Cultural Memory
in
the
Present
Mieke Bal and Hent de Vries, Editors

IN THE SELF’S PLACE
The Approach of Saint Augustine
Jean-Luc Marion
Translated by Jeffrey L. Kosky
stanford university press
stanford, california
Stanford University Press
Stanford, California
English translation © 2012 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford
Junior University. All rights reserved.
In the Self’s Place was originally published in French in 2008 under the title
Au lieu de soi © 2008, Presses Universitaires de France.
Ouvrage publié avec le concours du Ministère français chargé de la culture—
Centre national du livre.
This book has been published with the assistance of the French Ministry of
Culture—National Center for the Book.
No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any
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of Stanford University Press.
Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Marion, Jean-Luc, 1946– author.
[Au lieu de soi. English]
In the self’s place : the approach of Saint Augustine / Jean-Luc Marion ;
translated by Jeffrey L. Kosky.
pages cm. — (Cultural memory in the present)
“Originally published in French in 2008 under the title Au lieu de soi.”
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8047-6290-8 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN 978-0-8047-6291-5 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. 2. Self (Philosophy). I. Title. II. Series:
Cultural memory in the present.
BR65.A9M32713 2012
233'.5—dc23
2012002072
In memory of Jean-Marie Lustiger

Hier—das meint diese Hand, die ihr hilft, es zu sein.
Here—that means this hand that helps you to become.
—paul celan