The Varieties of Religious Experience · Character
Saint Augustine
Early Christian theologian whose conversion is a classic example.
minor
Also known as Saint Augustine, Augustine
First appearance: lecture ix conversion
Saint Augustine shows up with force in Lectures IV and V: The Religion of Healthy-Mindedness. The page is where that presence becomes real.
His maxim 'Dilige et quod vis fac' is quoted in relation to antinomian tendencies.
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In Lectures IV and V: The Religion of Healthy-Mindedness: His maxim 'Dilige et quod vis fac' is quoted in relation to antinomian tendencies. Later, in Lecture VIII: The Divided Self, and the Process of Its Unification:…
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- Lectures IV and V: The Religion of Healthy-Mindedness
- Lecture VIII: The Divided Self, and the Process of Its Unification
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