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Life and Works of Augustine of Hippo

In five pages this paper discuses the life and Western religious and cultural contributions of Augustine of Hippo which includes C...

St. Augustine of Hippo's Confessions

a certain inclination towards laziness. In discussing his childhood, Augustines theories toward education come out. He adamantly r...

Truth in the Works of Saint Augustine of Hippo and Jonathan Swift

on to reflect that the skins of women at home appear beautiful because we cannot see these small defects under normal circumstance...

Evil in the World

In five pages this paper examines how evil exists in the world in a comparative analysis of Saint Augustine of Hippo's Free Will d...

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...

Christian Educational Philosophy

and symbols, that is, how abstract ideas are communicated through the mediums of language, writing and also through visual communi...

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). ...

Judaism, Christianity, and Life's Meaning

outlook by blaming someone or something else, thus we will remaining in a ?status quo? personality and spirit all our life, never ...

St. Augustine and His Impact

2001). In many ways St. Augustines life would serve as a bridge between pagan Rome and the Christian middle ages (ODonnell, 2001)...

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...

The Similarities in Thinking of Bonhoeffer, Luther, and Augustine

In a paper consisting of six pages the writer argues that despite living in different times these men's concepts and thoughts were...

Plato's Influence On St. Augustine

can be found in many church doctrines today (Fisher, 2006). Augustine was a seeker of truth throughout his life (Smitha, 1998). H...

Man and the Creation of Fear and God

As for mankind, numbered are their days/ Whatever they achieve is but the wind!" (Epic of Gilgamesh 8). When Gilgameshs friend Enk...

Sin and Free Will as Viewed by Jean Paul Sartre

with happiness, but the instant gratification achieved through immoral pleasure is not as good. It goes beyond that. Does one give...

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...

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,...

Jesus of Nazareth As God

born a Jew and lived under the Jewish law and system (Galatians 4:4). * Jesus life was characterized by service and humility (Phil...

Literature of the Medieval Period

seems to be known about the education of Mark. The author of this gospel is believed to have been John Mark, the cousin of Barnaba...

'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...

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...

Augustine/On Christian Teaching

is pleasure derived from worshiping the Triune God. In Book II, Augustine discusses further the subject of signs. He defines wha...

'Just War' Concept

In eighteen pages this paper examines how St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Augustine of Hippo developed the 'just war' concept and theor...

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...

Augustine, Aurelius And Guibert

Plato and Anselm . He talks about seeking truth and wisdom consistently throughout the text. For Augustine, "Truth is one, and Go...

Freedom Determinism More

Different theological philosophies attribute free will and freedom to different other theories. This paper explores libertarian fr...

Did Plato Influence St. Augustine

truly understand Gods word: "I ask Thee, my God: pardon my sins, and as Thou didst grant to Thy servant to speak those words, gran...

Confessions Book I

African parents. His mother was Catholic and his father converted to Christianity in his later years. As a boy, Augustine studied ...

Manicheism Rejected Gradually by St. Augustine

This paper consists of six pages and considers how Manicheism is gradually rejected by St. Augustine in an examination of the fift...

Memory in the Tenth Book of Confessions by St. Augustine

not be found unless it were in ones memory. Chapter XIX tells what it is to remember. In Augustines...

Biography and Arguments of Saint Augustine of Hippo

In four pages this paper presents an autobiography of Saint Augustine and also considers his arguments on the existence of God....