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Augustine of Hippo

By PrestwoodIT

Author and Natural Philosopher

03 Mar 2022
Published 4 years ago.
Updated 2 months ago.

Augustine of Hippo

born 354
354 to 430 CE
67 Generations Ago

30 Phil, Chapter 15: Augustine, Time, and War
Augustine is known as the father of Western religious scholarship. He reconciled the science and philosophy of Aristotle with church beliefs.

My favorite quotes: 
  • The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
  • Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.
  • There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.
 
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