Saturday, August 2, 2008

Aurelius Augustinus (354-430)

For Augustinus, God is the immutable origin of the rationally hierarchical universe, in which there is a fundamental contrast between the intelligible and the sensible. The world of the sense includes only non-shareable transitory objects whereas the intelligible realm contains public, eternal realities. Man’s free will is defined as the rational choice between perishable objects and immutable ones. Augustinus shows that the compatibility of divine predestination (as well as foreknowledge) and freedom of will derives from Man’s responsibility for his choices.

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