Augustine Flashcards
Rousseau on human nature
Humans are good -> only act otherwise due to the situation that they have been placed into
‘’man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains”
Hobbes on human nature
Humans are NOT naturally co-operative
what differentiates us from animals is our ability to reason
—> social co-operation makes life more tolerable
—> require oppressive government
What is double death (augustine)
1st death = Adams rebellious will kills humans relationship w/ god
2nd death = mortal state of humanity as a punishment from god for disobedience
2 Pelagians oppositions to original sin
Adams sin harmed only himself, not the human race
Before the coming of christ, there where people who lived without sinning
(Believed original sin wasn’t inherited)
Neoplatonist view on jesus
Didn’t view Jesus as dying for our sins, but as an enlightened being that had pure knowledge of god
Define caritas
Outward, selfless love for others
Bakunin on satan
Satan set humanity free —> rejecting authority isn’t necessarily a bad thing
Define massa peccati
“Lump of sin”
Augustine on free will
Believed it exists - Man cannot live rightly without it
Who are “the elect”
Chosen few who have received gods grace
Who states that humans live in an “ontological state of depravity”
Augustine
- humans are deprive from reason - due to being overcome w/ concupiscence
Define cupiditas
Love of ones self (selfish love)
Augustines view on the state
fallen humanity requires an authoritarian state - if not it would be anarchy and chaos
Augustine on human nature pre-lapserian
Cupiditas and caritas where balanced before the fall
Aquinas view on human nature
Humans innately want to do good
