religion 13
- Restraining lusts out of love of praise makes people less base but not holy
- Pagans blame Christianity for their afflictions but not their gods for Rome's earlier corruption
Augustine of Hippo
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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What Augustine of Hippo says most about
happiness 6
- Those who blame Christianity for their calamities want to live in unrestrained luxury
- It is a greater good to have a good neighbour at peace than to conquer a bad one in war
government 2
- Without justice, kingdoms are nothing but large-scale robberies
- Human kingdoms are established by divine providence, not chance or the stars
motivation 2
- Restraining lusts out of love of praise makes people less base but not holy
- A will indulged becomes lust, lust served becomes habit, and habit unresisted becomes necessity