St. Augustine Keycards

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A Privation.
A lower quantity than what is needed, or an absence of something: someone who is starving has been ‘deprived from food’. (Augustine refers to the problem of evil as a ‘privation of good’)
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Fallen Angels.
Augustine based his views strictly on the bible; the bible says that angels, who turned against God, have fallen to the earth, it is these angels who tempt humans to do evil.
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Adam & Eve (Origin of Evil).
Augustine believed that Adam & Eve gave into the temptation of Satan, and therefore had caused the first sin, the origin of sin that all humans must carry.
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Free Will.
the idea that God gave us free will, and all human beings have the power to make their own choices, and therefore must reason themselves what is wrong and what is right. (guidance of the bible)
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Soul Deciding.
The concept of Augustine's theodicy.
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The Principle of Plenitude.
Augustine argues that the existence of such large number and variety of animal species is evidence of the perfect creation. Leibniz adds that there is a maximum variety of species existing at one time.
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"The Fall".
Refers to the story of Adam & Eve, and it representation of ‘the fall’ of human kind.
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Augustine based his views strictly on the bible; the bible says that angels, who turned against God, have fallen to the earth, it is these angels who tempt humans to do evil.

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Fallen Angels.

Card 3

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Augustine believed that Adam & Eve gave into the temptation of Satan, and therefore had caused the first sin, the origin of sin that all humans must carry.

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Card 4

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the idea that God gave us free will, and all human beings have the power to make their own choices, and therefore must reason themselves what is wrong and what is right. (guidance of the bible)

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Card 5

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The concept of Augustine's theodicy.

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