POLI 2P91 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Forever Evil, Donatism
7 Dec 2015
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Because he does not say there should be one faith. He advocated for tolerance of other religions. Evangelical he sees the world split into good and evil, and is willing to use coercion (against the donatists) in order to save souls. (note his different view of the enemy, vs. home and plato) Because so committed to difference between good and evil. Gorgias: people do wrong things because they are mistaken. Evil is not mistaken, evil apposed to god"s will. Some christians believe devil will learn lesion from punishment in hell. Forcible pushing them to be christian and be forgiven and let back into heaven. Plato: don"t inflict punishment to hurt someone but to correct mistake. Catholic saint of the church, and its most important theologian (other than. Thomas aquinas); connects platonist philosophy with christianity in a tradition that the jesuits continue today.
