The Political Writings of St. AugustineThis 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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Likewise , if we were trees , we could not love by any sensuous tendency ;
nevertheless , there would be a kind of striving for whatever would make us more
abundant in our fruitfulness . Again , if we were stones or waves , winds or flames
, or ...
Likewise , if we were trees , we could not love by any sensuous tendency ;
nevertheless , there would be a kind of striving for whatever would make us more
abundant in our fruitfulness . Again , if we were stones or waves , winds or flames
, or ...
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As , then , there may be life without pain , while there cannot be pain without
some kind of life , so there may be peace without war , but there cannot be war
without some kind of peace , because war supposes the existence of some
natures to ...
As , then , there may be life without pain , while there cannot be pain without
some kind of life , so there may be peace without war , but there cannot be war
without some kind of peace , because war supposes the existence of some
natures to ...
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Moreover , he is called Edom , from a certain red pottage of lentils , a red kind of
food . Well boiled were the bruised lentils : Esau desired them of his brother
Jacob , and , overcome by lust for eating those lentils , yielded to him his
birthright .
Moreover , he is called Edom , from a certain red pottage of lentils , a red kind of
food . Well boiled were the bruised lentils : Esau desired them of his brother
Jacob , and , overcome by lust for eating those lentils , yielded to him his
birthright .
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THE RISE AND FALL OF NATIONS | 44 |
Gods Governance and Roman | 88 |
SECURING THE PEACE OF BABYLON | 118 |
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The Political Writings of St. Augustine Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine,Dino Bigongiari Vista previa limitada - 1996 |
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