: Using reason and philosophy to understand the nature of the "Good."
This was Augustine’s very first attempt to reconcile Greek philosophy (specifically Neoplatonism) with Christian theology. He argues that happiness is not found in physical pleasure or wealth, but in the possession of God. augustine on the happy life pdf
This is one of Augustine’s earliest surviving works, written just after his Contra Academicos (Against the Academics) and before Soliloquies . : Using reason and philosophy to understand the
“All men wish to be happy; but if they do not wish to rejoice in the truth, they are not happy, because that joy is not only true but also the only joy that does not produce misery.” (Section 24) “All men wish to be happy; but if
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