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 208
... reason and intellect . For as those things which reason and understand are preferable to those which , without intellect and reason , as in the case of cattle , live and feel ; so also those things which have been endowed with life and ...
... reason and intellect . For as those things which reason and understand are preferable to those which , without intellect and reason , as in the case of cattle , live and feel ; so also those things which have been endowed with life and ...
Page 771
... reason was thoroughly convinced that the Almighty does nothing without reason , though the frail mind of man cannot explain the reason ; and that while we are in many in- stances uncertain what He intends , yet that it is always most ...
... reason was thoroughly convinced that the Almighty does nothing without reason , though the frail mind of man cannot explain the reason ; and that while we are in many in- stances uncertain what He intends , yet that it is always most ...
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... reason , so likewise , since man's reason is not entirely subject to God , the consequence is that many disorders occur in the acts itself of the reason . For when man's heart is not so fixed on God as to be unwilling to be parted from ...
... reason , so likewise , since man's reason is not entirely subject to God , the consequence is that many disorders occur in the acts itself of the reason . For when man's heart is not so fixed on God as to be unwilling to be parted from ...
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