augustines teachings on human nature
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- augustine on human nature
- augustine!
- born in North Africa during the time of the Roman Empire
- manichees: believed the world is engaged in a battle between good and evil, everyone has two souls
- neoplatonism
- converted to christianity aged 32
- had a mistress and a child - non conventional view on women and marriage
- NEGATIVE/ PESSIMISTIC
- original sin
- Adam and Eve were created by god in Genesis and told not to touch the tree of knowledge
- eve was tempted by the serpent (satan) and they ate the fruit
- this was the original sin and disobeying of gods will
- counter: god's omniscience
- this corrupted human nature and made it so that free will is intrinsically bound with sin
- cupiditas: selfish love, desire and consumerism
- concupiscence: uncontrollable desire for physical pleasures and things
- after the fall (post-lapsarian) Adam and Eve felt shame about being naked - the creation of lust
- also created epistemic distance between god and humans
- humans created divide
- also created epistemic distance between god and humans
- after the fall (post-lapsarian) Adam and Eve felt shame about being naked - the creation of lust
- concupiscence: uncontrollable desire for physical pleasures and things
- women are more likely to sin than men
- give in to temptation
- sinned because of pride?
- this was the original sin and disobeying of gods will
- their marriage before the fall was more like a friendship, without lust
- caritas: generous love, same as agape
- concordia: human friendship
- imago dei
- had a close relationship with god
- eve was tempted by the serpent (satan) and they ate the fruit
- sin is now passed down through sex because we were all seminally present in Adam
- why Jesus had to be born of a virgin!!
- evil in the world is because of humans misuse of free will
- argued with Pelagius!
- augustine believed that people were unable to live morally pure lives
- can only be saved by gods grace through Christs sacrifice
- human will was divided after the fall
- akrasia: knowlingly doing something you know is bad
- Paul: "I am sold as a slave to sin", "I do ... the evil I do not want to do"
- sinning against his will
- Pelagius believed we could if we tried
- augustine believed that people were unable to live morally pure lives
- Adam and Eve were created by god in Genesis and told not to touch the tree of knowledge
- grace
- the only way the relationship between humanity and god can be restored
- Jesus' sacrifice on the cross relieved humans of original sin
- augustine nicknamed the "doctor of grace"
- humans cannot be saved by reason or by doing good
- summum bonum: highest, supreme good
- similar to the form of the good (plato)
- eternal happiness
- in the presence of god
- can only go to heaven/ achieve summer bonum if chosen by god - limited election
- augustine!
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