Augustine of Hippo is one of the most influential ... 69% believe “most Americans want the same things out of life.” As ...

The Greek philosopher Plato thought similarly that ... and who knows how to award fit punishments to every variety of offence. St Augustine, The City of God, 19:15 St Augustine thought that ...

Philosophers have come to speak of an Augustinian picture of language. The picture is not really Augustine's, as we shall see, but it makes a good starting point for exploring what his views actually ...

The discussion of the ethics of war goes back to the Greeks and Romans, although neither civilisation behaved particularly well in war. In the Christian tradition war ethics were developed by St ...

It will furnish students and scholars of Augustine with a rich resource on a philosopher whose work continues to inspire discussion and debate.