Any serious student of Western philosophy,theology or history of ideas must eventually confront this icon of Western thought and Church Father ultra non plus,St.Augustine of Hippo.The man is the West's first--premier--EXISTENTIAL psychologist.His response to "angst"(found in Intro to THE CONFESSIONS)is yet unsurpassed and probably unsurpassable:LORD WE WERE MADE FOR THEE...AND OUR HEARTS ARE FOREVER RESTLESS UNTIL THEY REST IN THEE. His CITY of GOD vs.The PAGANS is prodigious philosophy of history... more info
excellent text for considering the impact of Christianity on Platonism and vice-versa:
If you were looking for a significant and representative but introductory level medieval Christian philosophy text, you would be hard pressed to find one better than this. When I teach intro to philosophy, I often choose representative texts from the ancient, medieval, early Modern, and roughly contemporary periods. I start with Plato, either the Apology or the Meno or both. Then we read this book. Then Descartes' Meditations. Finally, we read something from Nietzsche, de Beauvoir, or from an early American... more info
Not St. Augustine's Best Work:
St. Augustine's dialogue on free will is not worded for the layman. The rhetoric becomes so involved that one has to wonder if St. Augustine knew what he was writing at times. That being said, I will present as brief of a synopsis as possible. God, being omnipotent and omnibenevolent, can not create anything bad. Everything he creates is good. God allows humans to have free will, which was a just and appropriate decision. We grow to a more perfect being by performing good deeds. It is through life's... more info
Excellent:
Excellent work on the "problem of evil" in religion. For serious intellectual contemplaters only. Whether you ultimately agree or disagree with Augustine's premise, you will certainly appreciate the depth in which he addresses an issue that the world's most prolific religions readily ignore. If God is all good and God is the creator, why is there bad?
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