Augustine of Hippo
Christian philosopher and theologian (354 to 430), born in Thagaste in Roman Africa; bishop of Hippo Regius from about 396 to 430; author of the Confessions.
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People are made for God, and the human heart stays restless until it rests in God
Thou awakest us to delight in Thy praise; for Thou madest us for Thyself, and our heart is restless, until it repose in Thee.
gutenberg.orgSaid c. 396–400 CEThis on korrents
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People are made for God, and the human heart stays restless until it rests in God
Thou awakest us to delight in Thy praise; for Thou madest us for Thyself, and our heart is restless, until it repose in Thee.
Confessions (tr. E. B. Pusey, 1838) Said c. 396–400 CE
Free curiosity does more for learning than frightening compulsion
No doubt, then, that a free curiosity has more force in our learning these things, than a frightful enforcement.
Confessions (tr. E. B. Pusey, 1838) Said c. 396–400 CE
Whoever loves friends and enemies in God loses no one dear, because God cannot be lost
Blessed whoso loveth Thee, and his friend in Thee, and his enemy for Thee. For he alone loses none dear to him, to whom all are dear in Him who cannot be lost.
Confessions (tr. E. B. Pusey, 1838) Said c. 396–400 CE
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Everything that exists is good, so evil is not a substance
So long therefore as they are, they are good: therefore whatsoever is, is good. That evil then which I sought, whence it is, is not any substance: for were it a substance, it should be good.
Confessions (tr. E. B. Pusey, 1838) Said c. 396–400 CE
A will indulged becomes lust, lust served becomes habit, and habit unresisted becomes necessity
For of a forward will, was a lust made; and a lust served, became custom; and custom not resisted, became necessity.
Confessions (tr. E. B. Pusey, 1838) Said c. 396–400 CE
A happy life is joy in the truth, which is joy in God
They will as little hesitate to say "in the truth," as to say "that they desire to be happy," for a happy life is joy in the truth: for this is a joying in Thee, Who art the Truth, O God my light, health of my countenance, my God.
Confessions (tr. E. B. Pusey, 1838) Said c. 396–400 CE
Time is understood until one tries to explain it, yet without things passing, coming or being there would be no past, future or present
If no one asks me, I know: if I wish to explain it to one that asketh, I know not: yet I say boldly that I know, that if nothing passed away, time past were not; and if nothing were coming, a time to come were not; and if nothing were, time present were not.
Confessions (tr. E. B. Pusey, 1838) Said c. 396–400 CE
Past, present and future exist in some way in the soul, as memory, sight and expectation, and are not seen anywhere else
For these three do exist in some sort, in the soul, but otherwhere do I not see them; present of things past, memory; present of things present, sight; present of things future, expectation.
Confessions (tr. E. B. Pusey, 1838) Said c. 396–400 CE
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