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Essays 361 - 390
and with that has come an interest in spirituality itself, outside of any religious context. It is this search for a truth that m...
engine of aesthetic development throughout Western Europe for much of history. This can be seen in the patronage of artists by Chr...
of the debt and obligations that put opposing pressures on it, sending it reeling toward its inevitable conclusion--calamity. ...
text. Augustine is explaining that he was more emotionally in tune with Greek classic literature than he was with his own spirit...
those who would do evil. Augustine couched his ideas on government within his concept of two cities, an earthly city and a city o...
Shedd (1886) points out that Augustine is especially guilty of this in the last eight chapters/Books. This may be because the firs...
is pleasure derived from worshiping the Triune God. In Book II, Augustine discusses further the subject of signs. He defines wha...
the bulk of his presentation. However, he devotes the second chapter to setting the "stage of Augustines mentoring of spiritual le...
and symbols, that is, how abstract ideas are communicated through the mediums of language, writing and also through visual communi...
an integral part of the travelogue. These obstacles are met and either overcome, or the obstacles serve as catalysts to propel th...
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...
with happiness, but the instant gratification achieved through immoral pleasure is not as good. It goes beyond that. Does one give...
not make up an ethical life. Rather, he based his ideas on his own ideas concerning reason, but he did so within the context of hi...
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...
still prevalent in Christian theology, that the all of scripture if divinely inspired and therefore completely correct. On the o...
fictional historical account, as the author uses a host of unusual situations and characters to dramatize historical interpretatio...
text in which he is painstakingly honest, demonstrates that his spiritual path was not easy. It is clear from the beginning that t...
"middle of the road" in this extreme religious philosophy. When Augustine was indulging in his sinful or evil behavior, he mainta...
crucial doctrines as creation, incarnation and resurrection (61). Born around 130 A.D., Irenaeus of Lyons was primarily a pastor...
2001). In many ways St. Augustines life would serve as a bridge between pagan Rome and the Christian middle ages (ODonnell, 2001)...
In six pages this paper discusses some student posed questions on philosophy and theology with science and natural harmony conside...
the many delights of civilization, and thus showing Enkidu this type of pleasure is important (PG). Enkidu himself however sees i...
In seven pages faith as described in Fear and Trembling by Kierkegaard and Confessions by St. Augustine are contrasted and compare...
Women in a repressive, male chauvinistic society -- such as in the time of Augustinian law -- must do what they have to in order...
In five pages this text by Jean Bethke Elshtain is analyzed in its portrayal of Augustine and how it represents the limitations of...
In eleven pages this paper examines the Christian origins of Great Britain in a consideration of the Romans, Pope Gregory, St. Aug...
In eight pages this paper examines writings of St. Jerome, St. Augustine, and others in a consideration of the marriage concept an...
In five pages the ways in which anthropology is reflected in the philosophical works of Augustine and Plato are examined. Five so...
Human nature and nature are contrasted and compared in the Confessions of St. Augustine and the Second Discourse of Rousseau in a ...
In eighteen pages this paper examines how St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Augustine of Hippo developed the 'just war' concept and theor...