The City of GodOne of the great cornerstones in the history of Christian philosophy, The City of God provides an insightful interpretation of the development of modern Western society and the origin of most Western thought. Contrasting earthly and heavenly cities--representing the omnipresent struggle between good and evil--Augustine explores human history in its relation to all eternity. In Thomas Merton's words, "The City of God is the autobiography of the Church written by the most Catholic of her great saints." This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition is a complete and unabridged version of the Marcus Dods translation. |
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Page 128
... able to provide for all human benefits , minutely and singly methodized , minute and single gods , when the one goddess Felicity was able , with the greatest ease , compendiously to bestow the whole of them ? nor should any other be ...
... able to provide for all human benefits , minutely and singly methodized , minute and single gods , when the one goddess Felicity was able , with the greatest ease , compendiously to bestow the whole of them ? nor should any other be ...
Page 135
... able to increase and preserve the Roman empire . For if they could have done it , they would rather have bestowed so grand a gift on the Greeks , who , in this kind of divine things that is , in scenic plays - have worshipped them more ...
... able to increase and preserve the Roman empire . For if they could have done it , they would rather have bestowed so grand a gift on the Greeks , who , in this kind of divine things that is , in scenic plays - have worshipped them more ...
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... able not to sin , and at last a free will by which he was not able to sin - the former being adapted to the acquiring of merit , the latter to the enjoying of the reward.92 But the nature thus constituted , having sinned when it had the ...
... able not to sin , and at last a free will by which he was not able to sin - the former being adapted to the acquiring of merit , the latter to the enjoying of the reward.92 But the nature thus constituted , having sinned when it had the ...
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