Augustine of Hippo's The City of God is a primary foundational theological and philosophical text; the atlas records no publisher and no exact publication year because it survives through manuscript transmission from late antiquity rather than a single dated modern edition. Its strength is that it is the primary source itself, written by Augustine across more than a decade in response to Rome's sack in 410, not a later description of his argument. Its limit is the ordinary one for citing an ancient text without specifying a translation: this record does not establish which edition underlies a given quotation from it.
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Reliability tier 1: the primary foundational text itself, transmitted from late antiquity, authoritative for Augustine's own argument though this record does not specify which translation underlies a given quotation. NotesAugustine of Hippo's foundational theological and philosophical treatise on the City of God.
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AuthorAugustine of Hippo
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- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
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