What Augustine of Hippo thinks about ambition

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Christian philosopher and theologian (354 to 430), born in Thagaste in Roman Africa; bishop of Hippo Regius from about 396 to 430; author of the Confessions.

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1. c. 413–426 CE

   Our readingUnscrupulous ambition can only thrive in a nation corrupted by avarice and luxury

   Their wordsAnd to obtain such advances nothing avails but unscrupulous ambition. But unscrupulous ambition has nothing to work upon, save in a nation corrupted by avarice and luxury.

   ↗The City of God, Volume I (Books I-XIII; Marcus Dods translation, 1871)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book