Augustines
Augustine’s Confessions is a classical work written between AD 397 and AD 398. It is the first of its kind: an autobiography of a person’s spiritual journey–a new genre. His journey is often put forward as an archetypal journey…as something that all humans go through. Happiness for Augustine is more than simply a feeling (since feelings come and go)–what does Augustine say happiness is? What are the two types of action? Is developing virtue always pleasant? 100 words min
Answer previewAccording to the assertions of Augustine, happiness which is the true human fulfillment entails living in humility before God. For a person to claim that they are happy, one must have properly ordered loves (Rosenquist 2017). By this it means loving God first then loving God’s creation. Happiness is achieved only by embracing the spiritual life in deeper ways. Augustine argues that two kinds of actions exist: moral…
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