Augustine
Augustine belonged to Manicheans cult of people
The Manicheans believes in forms and anti forms believes in good and evil
Augustine believed in: Two Gods
Co Equal, Co Eternal, Good God, Evil God
View of Heraclitus
Ultimate reality is war vs. good god and evil god
Both brothers, Recognizes both gods in the religion
Augustine: is relevant to theory of forms on free choice of the will closes to Plato and symposium. Augustine was committed to form and anti form. Augustine Christian- One God no anti god
Theodicy- is a Greek word that means God is just?
If there is evil in the world how can all things be just? Theodicy fitting god in bad world.
Augustine is speaking to Evodius: Metaphysics is driving the free choice of the will
Augustine is a Christian Platonist.
Augustine trinity of divine concepts :
GOOD
TRUE
BEING
Augustine take a substantial view
Ousia=Being
GOOD
TRUE
BEING
Substance of God-God has substance in Augustine
Good +True is substantial in Augustine
Substance has no contrary
God has being that fills the world
Onto-theology ground of all reality
Evil does not exist good is a deprivation
Privation view: GOOD
TRUE
BEING-SUBSTANCE
To describe views of Augustine Descartes Theodicy-gods justice
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