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 258
... opinion of Plato , according to which he defined the gods as beings entirely good and the friends of virtue Therefore , although in many other important respects they differ from us , nevertheless with respect to this particular point ...
... opinion of Plato , according to which he defined the gods as beings entirely good and the friends of virtue Therefore , although in many other important respects they differ from us , nevertheless with respect to this particular point ...
Page 338
... opinion ; 67 yet Porphyry justly rejected it . He was of opinion that human souls return indeed into human bodies , but not into the bodies they had left , but other new bodies . He shrank from the other opinion , lest a woman who had ...
... opinion ; 67 yet Porphyry justly rejected it . He was of opinion that human souls return indeed into human bodies , but not into the bodies they had left , but other new bodies . He shrank from the other opinion , lest a woman who had ...
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... opinion of , as to the transmigration of souls , 338 ; the opinion of , that almost all animals were created by inferior gods , 410 ; declared that the gods made by the Supreme have im- mortal bodies , 424 , 856-857 ; the ap- parently ...
... opinion of , as to the transmigration of souls , 338 ; the opinion of , that almost all animals were created by inferior gods , 410 ; declared that the gods made by the Supreme have im- mortal bodies , 424 , 856-857 ; the ap- parently ...
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