Philosophic Classics From Plato to Derrida

266 PLOTINUS And what does this inner sight see? When it is just awakened it is not at all able to look at the brilliance befor ...

With only a few exceptions, European medieval thought was deeply imbued with Christian faith. As a result, it is not possible to ...

relation to several of Israel’s most venerable institutions—for example, Sabbath observances, the Temple, and ritual purity—whil ...

The first issue, the nature of Christ, was resolved at the Council of Nicea, con- vened and presided over by the first Christian ...

France—the so-called Babylonian Captivity of the Church. Beginning in 1347, the bubonic plague, or Black Death, struck Western E ...

in the Roman World(London: Thames & Hudson, 1974). For a discussion of Christian beliefs in their historical context, see J. ...

272 Aurelius Augustinus, Saint Augustine, was born of a Christian mother and a pagan father in Thagaste, a small town in what is ...

INTRODUCTION 273 his life of self-gratification. In 386, while sitting in a friend’s garden, he heard what he thought was a chil ...

274 AUGUSTINE Of Augustine’s many other works,The City of Godis by far the most influen- tial. During the fourth century, Christ ...

CONFESSIONS(BOOKVIII) 275 Theory of Knowledge (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1969); R.A. Markus,Saeculum: History and ...

276 AUGUSTINE because they have taken the lead, yet not ashamed of lacking the courage even to follow?” Some such words as these ...

CONFESSIONS(BOOKVIII) 277 Evidently, then, it does not want this thing with the whole of itself, and therefore the command does ...

278 AUGUSTINE good will that leads a person to our church, just as good as that which leads to theirs the people who are initiat ...

CONFESSIONS(BOOKVIII) 279 of flesh and murmuring in my ear, “Do you mean to get rid of us? Shall we never be your companions aga ...

280 AUGUSTINE I went on talking like this and weeping in the intense bitterness of my broken heart. Suddenly I heard a voice fr ...

CONFESSIONS(BOOKXI) 281 *[This is the heart of the matter for Augustine. He pursues the argument relentlessly throughout the res ...

282 AUGUSTINE the past, and likewise a hundred years hence a long time in the future; but we call— say—ten days ago a short time ...

CONFESSIONS(BOOKXI) 283 What kind of time, then, can be referred to as “a long time”? Future time, per- haps? Then we must not s ...

284 AUGUSTINE when it is claimed that future events are seen, it is not that these things are seen in them- selves, because they ...

CONFESSIONS(BOOKXI) 285 only hope to measure it as it passes by, because once it has passed by there will be no measuring; it wi ...