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Augustine and the Limits of Politics by Jean B. Elshtain

In five pages this text by Jean Bethke Elshtain is analyzed in its portrayal of Augustine and how it represents the limitations of...

Church's Perspective on War

In face of the overwhelming number of verses in the Holy Bible that tell Christians they are not supposed to use force, how do we ...

The Comparative Contrasts of Augustine and Aristotle

In an analytical essay comprised of six pages the similarities and differences between Saint Augustine and Aristotle are examined ...

Freedom of Choice and Evil According to Aristotle and Saint Augustine of Hippo

This paper contrasts and compares how choice and evil were conceptualized by Aristotle and Saint Augustine. Eight sources are cit...

Barbara Walters and a Theoretical TV Symposium on Women

In three pages this paper discusses a theoretical TV symposium regarded on the presentation of women in literature and thoughts on...

Philosophical Role of Saint Augustine

In five pages this paper examines the contributions of Saint Augustine to philosophy's history and development. Five sources are ...

Women's Role and the Concept of Marriage

In eight pages this paper examines writings of St. Jerome, St. Augustine, and others in a consideration of the marriage concept an...

Augustine, Plato, and Anthropology

In five pages the ways in which anthropology is reflected in the philosophical works of Augustine and Plato are examined. Five so...

Great Britain and Early Christianity

In eleven pages this paper examines the Christian origins of Great Britain in a consideration of the Romans, Pope Gregory, St. Aug...

Women and Augustinian Laws

Women in a repressive, male chauvinistic society -- such as in the time of Augustinian law -- must do what they have to in order...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Classical Philosophy's Influence

In 5 pages this paper discusses how Hamlet's characterization was influenced by the philosophies of Saint Augustine of Hippo, Plat...

God & The Existence of Evil

choice of Adam and Eve to disobey Gods commandment (Law, 2007). According to Augustine, their acts brought about two crucial conse...

Theology and Philosophy Questions

In six pages this paper discusses some student posed questions on philosophy and theology with science and natural harmony conside...

God Exists According to the Arguments of Saint Augustine

something greater than humans and that is God (Donati, 2002). He offers further proof through mathematical concepts, for instance,...

Life and Works of Saint Augustine

how evil is nothing tangibly heinous, but instead reflects the "absence of good."ii In other words, man merely makes bad choices ...

Predestination and Free Will According to St. Augustine

That system is based on three principals: 1. God is absolute Master, by His grace, of all the determinations of the will; 2. man ...

Concept of a Spiritual Journey

and with that has come an interest in spirituality itself, outside of any religious context. It is this search for a truth that m...

Philosophically Considering the Existence of God

"the cauldron of competing doctrines which swirled at the heart of the early church...All medieval philosophers drew on his work, ...

Contributions of Augustine of Hippo

like St. Augustine, a man from centuries before, was of the same mind, he clearly would have influenced the people and made them s...

Biography of St. Augustine

but Augustine lacked "the sincere desire of being heard," so that when he got to Carthage the city seduced him (Portalie, 2004). ...

God's Existence and Morality

course, defines that which is proper conduct, it distinguishes right from wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves so...

Mosaic Tradition and Divine Command and the Mosaic Tradition: Maimonides, Al-Ghazali and Augustine

the divine commands and the application of Mosaic tradition require a comparative view of these authors, their underlying purpose,...

Doctrine of the Trinity and Saint Augustine

either good or evil. There was no "middle of the road" in this extreme religious philosophy. When Augustine was indulging in his...

Analyzing A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters by Julian Barnes

fictional historical account, as the author uses a host of unusual situations and characters to dramatize historical interpretatio...

Tutorial on Peter Abelard and Saint Augustine of Hippo

nine Books relate Augustines life up to the death of his mother and then, the story takes an abrupt turn as Augustine puts forth h...

'Evil' Problem and Confessions of Saint Augustine

In five pages this paper examines how evil is conceptualized by St. Augustine of Hippo in this early theological text. Three sour...

Augustine and Plato

Victorinus by Plato. This seems to have moved Augustine from the point of simply musing about immortality into an assurance about ...

Natural Law and How It Developed

also wrote that one could live justly only if they lived in a just society (Beck, n.d.). Plato had a number of caveats about a jus...

Free Will and Saint Augustine

n.d.). God knew that humans would use their free will for evil but He also knew that good would emerge through His Grace (Anderson...

Saint Augustine and the Conversion Experience

the human soul, the other for evil and matter, including the body(Gilson 3-66). However, when he became dissatisfied with the mat...