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Augustine


Aurelius Augustinus - more commonly "St. Augustine of Hippo," or simply "Augustine" - was a philosopher and theologian, and one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity. He framed the concepts of original sin and just war. Augustine was one of the most prolific Latin authors in terms of surviving works, and the list of his works consists of more than a hundred separate titles.

Augustine took the view that the Biblical text should not be interpreted literally if it contradicts what we know from science and our God-given reason. Many Protestants, especially Calvinists, consider him to be one of the theological fathers of Reformation teaching on salvation and divine grace.
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That vague and wandering opinion of Deity is declared by an apostle to be ignorance of God:
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Man cannot believe unless he wishes to.
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არაქრისტიანებმაც იციან რაღაც მიწაზე, ცაზე და სამყაროს სხვა ელემენტებზე, ორბიტებსა და ვარსკვლავებზე, მათ ზომებსა და ურთიერთგანლაგებაზე, მოსალოდნელ მზისა და მთვარის დაბნელებაზე, წლიურ ციკლსა და სეზონებზე, ცხოველთა ჯიშებზე და ა.შ და ეს ყველაფერი მათ იციან ცოდნითა და გამოცდილებით. სამარცხვინოა, როცა არაქრისტიანებს ამ თემებზე ქრისტიანების სულელური პოზიციები ესმით. ჩვენ უნდა გამოვიყენოთ ყველა საშუალება, რათა თავიდან ავიცილოთ მსგავსი უხერხული სიტუაციები... რადგან ხალხი ხედავს ქრისტიანთა აბსოლუტურ მოუმზადებლობას ამ საკითხებში და მათ დასცინის. როგორ ირწმუნებენ ისინი წმინდა წერილში გადმოცემულ საკითხებს მკვდრეთით აღდგომაზე, მარადიულ სიცოცხლესა და ცათა სასუფეველზე, როცა ფიქრობენ, რომ ამ წმინდა წერილის ფურცლები სავსეა ისეთივე ტყუილი ფაქტებით, რომლებიც მათ ქრისტიანებისგან სხვა თემებზე ესმით?
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E în noi ceva mai adânc decât noi înșine.
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Celui qui se perd dans sa passion perd moins que celui qui perd sa passion.
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topics: passion  
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Le bonheur, c'est continuer à désirer ce que l'on a déjà.
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topics: philosophy  
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To whatever the soul of man turns, unless toward God, it cleaves to sorrow, even though the things outside God and outside itself to which it turns may be things of beauty.
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The world is a great book...they who never stir from home read only a page.
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With love for mankind and hatred of sins.
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THE WORLD IS A BOOK AND THOSE WHO DO NOT TRAVEL READ ONLY A PAGE
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When we transform our old life and give our spirit a new image, we find it hard and tiring to turn back from the darkness of earthly passions to the serene calm of the divine light. We thus ask God to help us that a complete conversion may be brought about in us.
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topics: saint  
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An unjust law is no law at all.
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topics: justice , law  
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Sin, but sin boldly.
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I had not yet fallen in love, but I was in love with the idea of it, and this feeling that something was missing around me made me despise myself for not being more anxious to satisfy the need. I began to look around for some object for my love, since I badly wanted to love something. I had no liking for the safe path without pitfalls, for although my real need was for you, my God, who are the food of the soul, I was not aware of this hunger.
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Thus, every entity, even if it is a defective one, in so far as it is an entity, is good. In so far as it is defective, it is evil.
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topics: being , evil , good  
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The wicked have told me of things that delight them, but not such things as your law has to tell.
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Always add, always walk, always proceed; neither stand still, nor go back, nor deviate; he that standeth still proceedeth not; he goeth back that continueth not; he deviateth that revolteth; he goeth better that creepeth in his way than he that moveth out of his way.
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Woe to my proud soul, which hoped that if it fell away from you, it would have something better! It turned and turned again upon its back and sides and belly, but all places were hard to it, for you alone are rest.
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In the usual course of study I had come to a book of a certain Cicero.
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It is not reason which turns the young man from God; it is the flesh. Skepticism but provides him with the excuses for the new life he is leading.
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