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Augustine's View of Humanity

to Augustine, this transformative power for human beings is so profound that, once it occurs, the Christian can "love and do whate...

Existence of God and Philosophical Proof

the meditations is not to prove what they establish, but rather to show how the world of physics could be mapped reliably and inde...

Antoine de Saint Exupery's The Little Prince and Its Philosophical Aspects

In five pages this report discusses personal desire understanding and freedom as metaphorically depicted in Antoine de Saint Exupe...

Lust According to Saint Augustine

Augustine, himself, mentions his own difficulties in struggling to overcome his own lustful desires in Book III of Confessions. Du...

City of God by Saint Augustine

In three pages this paper answers student posed questions and examines City of God as it relates to Roman politics and society. T...

God and Saint Augustine

In a paper that consists of five pages St. Augustine's concept of God is explored along with a consideration of its rationale in o...

Analysis of Confessions by Saint Augustine

In five pages this paper presents an analysis of this work s it relates to Christianity and contemporary life. Four other sources...

Drug Abuse and the Views of Saint Augustine, Aristotle, and Plato

In 10 pages this paper considers how these philosophers would view the contemporary problem of drug abuse. There are 7 sources ci...

Cape Fear Films, Sin According to Saint Augustine, and Manicheism

In five pages this paper considers the original Cape Fear film and its remake in an examination of changing times, Augustine's and...

Truth and Time in the Confessions of Saint Augustine

In five pages this paper considers time and truth as conceptualized by St. Augustine in Confessions first 8 books. Four sources a...

The City of God by Saint Augustine

In five pages this paper discusses this text as it represents humankind's origins. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

Confessions by Saint Augustine

In five pages St. Augustine's Confessions is examined in an overview that includes the theologian's views about the natural, physi...

Explaining the Difference in Human Nature Theories of Saint Augustine and Plato

important characteristics of Platos concept revolve around freedom of will and ones existence. People have the power to control t...

Augustine, Aquinas and Luther/Role of Government

those who would do evil. Augustine couched his ideas on government within his concept of two cities, an earthly city and a city o...

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,...

Saint Augustine and Seneca on the Relationship Between the Divine and Mankind

understand divinity. Both philosophers seem to have been influenced by the teachings of Plato. In Senecas On the Shortness of Li...

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...

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...

Marcus Aurelius and Saint Augustine

existed, though they had differing views on the interpretation of goodness. For St. Augustine, true happiness could only be found...

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...

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...

Comparative Analysis of the Philosophical Views of Thomas Aquinas and Augustine of Hippo

In ten pages this paper contrasts and compares each religious philosopher's arguments regarding man being separate from goodness a...

Where are the Bones of Thomas A. Becket?

In five pages this paper discusses Thomas A. Becket's murder and the mysterious disappearance of the Saint's bones is the primary ...

Period Representations of Raphael and Hans Memling

as some of the finest examples of the clarity, harmony, and balance of the art of the High Renaissance. "Virgin and Child with Sa...

The Miraculous Mass of Saint Gregory

he holds the cloth and in his right, the knife; there is blood on the cloth, the red making a contrast to the snowy white. The mes...

Is God Good?

for them, allowing them to live in a state of perfection. But, in so doing Adam and Eve would not have had free will. They would h...

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...

Gregory of Nyssa and St. Augustine

Augustine Chapter X). He then notes that he learned many things through such examination concerning his behavior, behavior...