Ideas from 'works' by Augustine [415], by Theme Structure
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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 1. Perception
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Our images of bodies are not produced by the bodies, but by our own minds [Aquinas]
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12. Knowledge Sources / C. Rationalism / 1. Rationalism
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Our minds grasp reality by direct illumination (rather than abstraction from experience) [Matthews]
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20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / a. Will to Act
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Augustine created the modern concept of the will [Matthews]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love
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Love, and do what you will
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / b. Types of good
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Pagans produced three hundred definitions of the highest good [Grayling]
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23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty
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Augustine said (unusually) that 'ought' does not imply 'can' [Matthews]
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29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / d. Heresy
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Augustine identified Donatism, Pelagianism and Manicheism as the main heresies [Matthews]
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29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / b. Human Evil
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Augustine said evil does not really exist, and evil is a limitation in goodness [Perkins]
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