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Augustines Confessions
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Augustine on his own view stole the fruit for the mere enjoyment of the sin and theft that the stealing involved. He says in (II,4)
“Behold, now let my heart tell you what it
looked for there, that I should be evil
without purpose and there should be no
cause for my evil, but evil itself. ....
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.... he was thinking of how much his actions pleased him. In book six of his confessions Augustine starts to think about the actions he had committed and how they were unlawful, not only in society but also in the world that God
created. However as Augustine starts to show remorse for his sins it does not change the fact that he stole the fruit from the tree for the pleasure of sin.
According to Aristotle in his Nicomachean Ethics, a self indulgent person is led on by his own choice, since he b.... |
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