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back by the love of temporal pleasure" (Augustine 167). In accepting Christianity, Augustine records that he "no longer desired a ...
death in the usual manner, but rather as a good looking young man who is apparently capable of falling in love with an attractive ...
a certain inclination towards laziness. In discussing his childhood, Augustines theories toward education come out. He adamantly r...
that it does not exist, a word can be a sign that signifies nothing. God, on the other hand, is omnipotent. He is omnificent. T...
grace precedes faith."7 Augustine argues that it is impossible "to believe without having heard," yet is also impossible for the i...
This essay focuses on Plato's use of dialogue in his "Apology" and "Crito," and Augustine's use of the monologue in his "Confessio...
tale was reduced to feeding pigs in order to survive. Augustine writes, "Where then, wast thou and how far from me? Far, indeed, w...
In five pages this paper examines how evil is conceptualized by St. Augustine of Hippo in this early theological text. Three sour...
adversely influencing the minds of young boys. Augustines autobiographical Confessions ponders the external social threats of sex...
not be found unless it were in ones memory. Chapter XIX tells what it is to remember. In Augustines...
In five pages this paper presents an analysis of this work s it relates to Christianity and contemporary life. Four other sources...
it is interesting to note that the heros first name is the same as both Apuleius himself, as well as the name of the author from w...
In five pages St. Augustine's Confessions is examined in an overview that includes the theologian's views about the natural, physi...
In five pages this paper considers time and truth as conceptualized by St. Augustine in Confessions first 8 books. Four sources a...
2001). In many ways St. Augustines life would serve as a bridge between pagan Rome and the Christian middle ages (ODonnell, 2001)...
how evil is nothing tangibly heinous, but instead reflects the "absence of good."ii In other words, man merely makes bad choices ...
but Augustine lacked "the sincere desire of being heard," so that when he got to Carthage the city seduced him (Portalie, 2004). ...
still prevalent in Christian theology, that the all of scripture if divinely inspired and therefore completely correct. On the o...
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...
like St. Augustine, a man from centuries before, was of the same mind, he clearly would have influenced the people and made them s...
"middle of the road" in this extreme religious philosophy. When Augustine was indulging in his sinful or evil behavior, he mainta...
In five pages this paper discuses the life and Western religious and cultural contributions of Augustine of Hippo which includes C...
Wisdom, and the Word of God. Therefore, intellectual knowledge is not the result of the gathering of data by the intellect, but a ...
on to reflect that the skins of women at home appear beautiful because we cannot see these small defects under normal circumstance...
tells the reader that all the Romans desired, and more, would actually be found in the City of God. This is not to say that moneta...
In ten pages this paper contrasts and compares each religious philosopher's arguments regarding man being separate from goodness a...
In four pages this paper presents an autobiography of Saint Augustine and also considers his arguments on the existence of God....
This paper contrasts and compares how choice and evil were conceptualized by Aristotle and Saint Augustine. Eight sources are cit...
In six pages this paper discusses the modern and classical concepts of good and evil as conceptualized by these philosophers. Fiv...
In seven pages faith as described in Fear and Trembling by Kierkegaard and Confessions by St. Augustine are contrasted and compare...