PHIL1070 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Pylades, Manichaeism, Making Money
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19yrs to 28yrs: studied liberal arts (manicheism) under the false name of religion (55) Deceived himself and others through self-assertion: sought fame, money, prizes, etc. vs. But also strived to be made clean of this sin. Chapter ii: regrets of these years, taught rhetoric as a way of making money. Without guile i taught them guilefulness (55) augustine taught trickery to be used against a guilty man rather than against an innocent man. I did my best for men who loved vanity and sought after lying: and in truth i was one with them (56) augustine was just as bad as a liar: kept a secret, unnamed woman. Chapter iii: astrology is bad, religion sin derives from the individual, who must ask forgiveness from god, astrology sin derives from venus, saturn, mars, etc. individuals are guiltless. By some higher but quite blind instinct, not by art but merely by chance.
