Abstract

MASSIMI, Marina  and  PAULA, Sérgio Peres de. A Review of Three Authors of Colonial Brazil from the Perspective of the Augustinian Temporality. Psicol. pesq. [online]. 2014, vol.8, n.1, pp. 16-29. ISSN 1982-1247.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5327/Z1982-1247201400010003.

This paper aims to investigate aspects of the temporality conception of Augustine of Hippo in the works of authors in the colonial Brazilian culture. The study, conducted from the perspective of history of psychological knowledge, proposes a review, in the light of the Augustinian theme, concerning the temporality of the authors of the texts chosen for analysis: Antônio Vieira, Alexandre de Gusmão and Nuno Marques Pereira. In these, the analysis shows the presence of four dimensions of Augustinian temporality: the difference between time and eternity; psychological time; moral time and historical time. It also shows the relationship between the notion of temporality and personal dynamism. Therefore, it showed aspects of Augustine's thought in the conception of the temporality of these authors.

Keywords : Temporality; Augustine; psychological knowledge in the Brazilian culture.

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