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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Página 107
... pleasure , and think that this pleasure is to be sought for its own sake , but the virtues on account of pleasure — are wont to paint a kind of word - picture , in which Pleasure sits like a luxurious queen on a royal seat , and all the ...
... pleasure , and think that this pleasure is to be sought for its own sake , but the virtues on account of pleasure — are wont to paint a kind of word - picture , in which Pleasure sits like a luxurious queen on a royal seat , and all the ...
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... pleasure , which is an agreeable stirring of the bodily sense ; or repose , which excludes every bodily inconven- ience ; or both these , which Epicurus calls by the one name , pleasure ; or the primary objects of nature , which ...
... pleasure , which is an agreeable stirring of the bodily sense ; or repose , which excludes every bodily inconven- ience ; or both these , which Epicurus calls by the one name , pleasure ; or the primary objects of nature , which ...
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... pleasure . And this , indeed , is to make life hideous ; for where virtue is the slave of pleasure it no longer deserves the name of virtue . Yet even this dis- graceful distortion has found some philosophers to patronize and defend it ...
... pleasure . And this , indeed , is to make life hideous ; for where virtue is the slave of pleasure it no longer deserves the name of virtue . Yet even this dis- graceful distortion has found some philosophers to patronize and defend it ...
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THE RISE AND FALL OF NATIONS | 44 |
Pagan Rome | 57 |
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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