Brian Harding is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Texas Woman's University, USA.

'Augustine's criticisms in City of God of antique conceptions of virtue and happiness are well known, but it has remained doggedly unclear whether those criticisms are essentially philosophical in nature or the imposition of an alien theology on philosophical business. There is no better treatment of the issue in the literature than Brian Harding's patient analysis.' James Wetzel, Villanova University, USA

• Introduction; 1. Knowledge of Things, Both Human and Divine; 2. Roman Virtue and the Lust for Domination; 3. Augustine's Critique of Roman Civic Virtue; 4. Augustine's Critique of Philosophical Virtue; 5. Reconsidering the Sacralization Thesis; Bibliography; Index.

Brian Harding is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Texas Woman's University, USA.

'Augustine's criticisms in City of God of antique conceptions of virtue and happiness are well known, but it has remained doggedly unclear whether those criticisms are essentially philosophical in nature or the imposition of an alien theology on philosophical business. There is no better treatment of the issue in the literature than Brian Harding's patient analysis.' James Wetzel, Villanova University, USA

• Introduction; 1. Knowledge of Things, Both Human and Divine; 2. Roman Virtue and the Lust for Domination; 3. Augustine's Critique of Roman Civic Virtue; 4. Augustine's Critique of Philosophical Virtue; 5. Reconsidering the Sacralization Thesis; Bibliography; Index.