Excerpt from OEuvres Compl�tes de Saint Augustin, Vol. 17: OEuvres Pol�miques; P�lagiens Tables
Augustin. Parle de concupiscence naturelle ou de concupiscence cl1arnelle, commeilte plaira; pour nous, nous qualifions haute ment de mauvaise la concupiscence par la quelle la chair convoite contre l'esprit et l'en tra�ne � des actes illicites, � moins que l'es prit n� convoite a son tour contre elle avec une �nergie victorieuse. Nous soutenons que cette lutte int�rieure �tait ignor�e des heu reux habitants du paradis, lorsque ceux - ci �taient nus et qu'ils ne rougissaient point de leur nudit�. Mais l'�vidence m�me des faits nous crie qu'elle commen�a d'exister aussit�t que le premier p�ch� eut �t� commis, puis que les auteurs du genre humain couvrirent alors ce dont ils n'avaient point rougi prece demment. Et certes ils �taient rest�s nus jus qu'aters non point par impudence, mais par un effet de leur innocence: car l'impudenoe elle - m�me est un vice, et tant qu'ils ne rou girent point de leur nudit�, ils furentexempb de tout vice. Ce mal, donc, par lequella chair convoite contre l'esprit, est appel� bien par l'h�r�tique.lulien. Un autre h�r�tique, Man�s.
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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.
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