PHILO-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Thagaste, Eudaimonia, Moral Evil
12 Aug 2020
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Augustine, 354-430, was born in tagaste, africa in what is now algeria. Highly educated in classical philosophy, he taught rhetoric for many years. He recounts his early life in his confessions, which chronicles his journey and ultimate conversion to christianity. He spent most of his post-conversion life writing works defending and explaining. Christian doctrine, often through concepts from greek and roman philosophy. He was bishop of hippo until his death, which coincided with the collapse of the. Roman empire under attack from invaders from the north, the germanic vandals. Augustine"s use of and contributions to philosophy are embedded in his larger aim of articulating a clear vision of christianity. This determines both the topics he tends to address as well as the way in which he treats them. I believe in order to understand/credo ut intelligam. A person can have conviction/subjective certitude with respect to what they believe, but not objective certitude.
