The Political Writings of St. AugustineRegnery Gateway, 1962 - 358 páginas This collection, taken from the works of St. Augustine, has been arranged so as to give the reader an organized, comprehensive view of the great African saint's political ideas. These, no less than his ideas on sin, grace and predestination, have long been an object of study and controversy. |
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... desire of glory had taken possession of it . ” That eagerness for praise and desire of glory , then , was that which accomplished those many wonder- ful things , laudable , doubtless , and glorious ac- cording to human judgment . The ...
... desire of glory had taken possession of it . ” That eagerness for praise and desire of glory , then , was that which accomplished those many wonder- ful things , laudable , doubtless , and glorious ac- cording to human judgment . The ...
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... desire of glory which makes one fear to displease those who judge his conduct , desires domination and power , very often seeks to obtain what he loves by most open crimes . Therefore he who desires glory presses on to obtain it either ...
... desire of glory which makes one fear to displease those who judge his conduct , desires domination and power , very often seeks to obtain what he loves by most open crimes . Therefore he who desires glory presses on to obtain it either ...
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... desires , and also the Sophistic and Epi- curean position according to which justice comes into existence as a result of a contract- —a social contract . Those thinkers , especially the Epicurean philosophers of pleasure , held that all ...
... desires , and also the Sophistic and Epi- curean position according to which justice comes into existence as a result of a contract- —a social contract . Those thinkers , especially the Epicurean philosophers of pleasure , held that all ...
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THE RISE AND FALL OF NATIONS | 44 |
Pagan Rome | 57 |
SECURING THE PEACE OF BABYLON | 118 |
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