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St Augustine (Context (Manicheans (Human soul was a trapped particle of…
St Augustine
Context
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At 16 went to Carthagate to study law,philosophy,literature and public speaking
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Platonism
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Try to ascend up through different levels of existence to align with 'the one' and separate fro the material world
The soul and the body need to be in harmony, if the soul controls the body it results in evil
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Interpretations
Modern religion
In Judaism there are no doctrines of the original sin it is an example of the journey to human perfection made achievable by the Torah
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Some people see 'The Fall' as a allegory for every persons life where they rebel against God and lose innocence
St Paul
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The spiritual journey will end when people achieve the state of wholeness in Christ and hopefully this journey will continue after death until unity with god is achieved
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Nieburh
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By rationalising and rejecting original sin humans fail to realise that no act can ever be entirely good
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Freud
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similar to the fall he believed that psychological problems can be traced back to historical events in early life
Similar to the fall he also believed that the human personality is not chosen by the individual but is a result of history/environment
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Human after the Fall
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Pride caused the fall
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The evil will precedes the evil act - the body is not evil as it was made by god but the will is evil and does not have the strength to fight the bodies urges
The will
divided will, cupiditas separated from caritas
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still knows reason, good from bad but is wounded and habitual and unable to obey its own orders
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Free Will
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sex drive , ignorance and death are the punishments from God
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Original Sin
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Double death- first the death of the friendship between god and the human , second the real introduction of death to Adam and Eve
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Gods Grace
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God's Grace can be seen through his sacrifice of his son that allowed human redemption through forgiving the sins of Adam and Eve
Augustine rejects the notion that humans can live life without struggle through self control ( sophrosyne)
Humans Before the Fall
Harmony
The Body, Will and Reason were in balance
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Sex and friendship
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Adam could summon an erection at will, complete harmony of the body
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