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Episode #016 ... Saint Augustine

2014/2/28
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圣奥古斯丁认为,从婴儿时期开始,人类就要为自己的行为负责,即使是无意识的行为也要承担神罚。他严厉批判自己年少时期的罪行,认为即使不知情地犯错,也要承担神罚。在迦太基的经历让他深刻体会到肉体欲望与真爱的区别,这与柏拉图和普罗提努斯区分感官世界和更高层次真实世界的思想有相似之处。他早期信仰摩尼教,认为世界由善恶两股力量控制,但后来对摩尼教产生怀疑,最终皈依基督教。他认为寻求自身和造物中的快乐、美丽和真理是错误的。通过一个孩子的指引,他读到罗马书13章13-14节,最终坚定了基督教信仰。皈依基督教后,他致力于捍卫基督教思想,并成功地将新柏拉图主义的哲学与基督教思想融合,对哲学发展做出了巨大贡献。他认为邪恶的存在源于人类拥有自由意志,人类可以自由选择善恶,而邪恶并非来自神。他还对时间进行了独到的阐述,认为时间只存在于人类感知中,是人类构建的概念,过去和未来并不存在,只有现在是真实存在的。

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St. Augustine's journey from skepticism to certainty in Christianity is detailed, highlighting his early life and the influence of his mother, Saint Monica, before his conversion.

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On this episode of the podcast, we discuss St. Augustine, a philosopher who is known for merging the ideas of Neoplatonism and Christianity. We learn how an unsuspecting child led St. Augustine to devote his life to Christianity through divine intervention, and find out why he thinks crying babies are sinners. We also discuss St. Augustine’s explanation of the concept of time and why he claims that the past and future don’t really exist. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This!

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