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Document Details : Title: Du dialogue socratique au Dialogus Attici et Critobuli Subtitle: La dette de Jérôme à l'égard de Cicéron Author(s): JEANJEAN, Benoît Journal: Augustiniana Volume: 74 Issue: 1 Date: 2024 Pages: 3-23 DOI: 10.2143/AUG.74.1.3293304 Abstract : In his Dialogus Attici et Critobuli, Jerome aims to refute several positions held by Pelagius on grace and free will. He sets up his refutation in the form of a dialogue, but, unlike Augustine, he does not seek to provide a theological answer to the question raised by Pelagius, but rather a scriptural one, to contrast it with the multiple testimonies of Scripture. Nevertheless, it is necessary for him to arrange the testimonies of Scripture which he uses in a demonstrative progression. To do this, he chooses to base his work on the literary form of the Socratic dialogue, modeled on Cicero’s Tusculanes. This model enables him to situate Atticus, his spokesman, as a master of both philosophy and exegesis. In this way he can refute with authority the Pelagian opinions, which he demonstrates to be incompatible with the teaching of holy Scripture. |
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