Philosophy 1300E Lecture 10: St. Augustine
1 Oct 2018
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A platonist against the sceptics in his search for wisdom. "just as the hebrews were prepared for christianity by law and the prophets, so too the gentiles were prepared by plato and aristotle. And as just christianity is the fulfillment of old covenant, so too it is the fulfillment of greek philosophy. " "to treat the illness of my soul" with the authority of the "saving name of christ" Platonism: augustine"s conception of wisdom and "the books of platonists" (386 ce, pp. : "one system of really true philosophy finally emerged (with plotinus: against the academicians that the truth cannot be found. It was not plaotism that gave him an arugment for christinaity. Deceiving (so-called) wisdom: platonic philosophy as a negative contribution and preparation for christianity. Stage on the path toward conversion turning of the soul to god: omnipotent, immaterial and immutable: ascend to a god that is not material, not the christian god.
