Augustine Flashcards
What was Augustines link to manicheism?
He was taken by the groups ideas and for a time became an enthusiastic manichee missionary, much to his mothers disapproval
The group believed that people have two souls, one good and one evil
Manichaeism advocates for the abstinence from all enjoyments of evil; e.g. riches, lust, wine, meat, etc
What was Augustine’s link to Platonism?
Platonism believed that there was only the form of the good, which people could come to understand through study and self reflection
Augustine was struck by the way the followers of platonism seemed almost ashamed of living in a human body
God was called ‘The One’
What was Augustine’s link to Christianity?
In confessions he recounts an emotional day in which, in his frustrating tone his hair, hammered his forehead and weeped
When he returned to his studies he read the passage in Romans. For him he believed it he,f the key to resolving his unhappiness
