Download or read book Ambrose, Augustine, and the Pursuit of Greatness written by J. Warren Smith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-10 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two important theologians of early Christianity were Ambrose of Milan and Augustine of Hippo. Both were intellectually formed by philosophers, such as Cicero, who taught that virtue was the way to greatness. Yet they saw contradictions between Roman and Christian ethical ideals. Could these competing visions of greatness be reconciled?