Augustine Joshua Perez HRE 201 Word Count: 1043 Monday, October 27, 2014 St.Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, was born on November 13, 354 in Tagaste, in Northern Africa.He was a theologian and philosopher, born from Saint Monica and Patricius. This book provides a detailed exegesis of the analogy between the self and the city in the thought of St. Augustine of Hippo, and supplies an overview of Augustine’s intellectual system as it touches upon theology, ecclesiology, psychology and anthropology, as well as politics.

Aurelius Augustinus, commonly know as St. Augustine, was one of the most influential philosophers and theologians in world history. The Political Thought of Thomas Aquinas. “St. Saint Augustine: politics as City of God (theocracy) What is the majeur change brought by St. Augustine‘s political thought since to the revelation?Simple answer is: Introducing God as the foundation of politics, as its foreground. St.Augustine, spent most of his life in the Manichaeism belief, though at the age of 32, converted to Christianity. Goths augustines political thought might be Christians and friends of the City of God, and among the Romans there might be enemies. ST. AUGUSTINE AND POLITICAL THOUGHT A Revisionist View For those steeped in the rationalist tradition, the "political writings" of St. Augustine (354-430) will appear curious and perplexing.1 Indeed, they suggest that Augustine was not so much a political thinker, but a theologian whose religious thought occasionally touched on matters of Augustine is unique in the world of antiquity, and in political philosophy (or, if you prefer, political theology) insofar that he denies the state and the body politic as the highest good for humans to labor for (standing against Plato, Aristotle, and Cicero among the classical political philosophers). And salvation, for Augustine, is the type of fixing that God promises. 1990. Medieval philosophy is the philosophy produced in Western Europe during the middle ages. Posted on August 28, 2014 December 27, 2017; 4 minute read; Jesse Carey The Start of onto-theology of Augustine is: men are equal, but created by God as subjects. The Political and Social Ideas of St. Augustine. Weithman, Paul. “Augustine and Aquinas on Original Sin and the Function of Political Authority,”Journal of the History of Philosophy 30: 353-376. Gilby, T. (1958). This is a bulky, unsystematic book, covering the whole range of Christian ideas on: sin, grace, resurrection, life after death etc. Platonic Influence on St. Augustine's Philosophy. New York, NY: Columbia University Press. St. Augustine of Hippo (A.D. 354 - 430) was an Algerian-Roman philosopher and theologian of the late Roman / early Medieval period.