St.Augustine

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The study of fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline. My teachers give philosopher named St. Augustine.  St. Augustine of Hippo is the patron of brewers because of his conversion from a former life of loose living, which included parties, entertainment, and worldly ambitions. His complete turnaround and conversion has been an inspiration to many who struggle with a particular vice or habit they long to break. The Greek philosophical ancestry of Western culture presents the divine as immaterial, immutable, everlasting perfect, and incomprehensible. Both the Platonic and Aristotelian metaphysicians developed theories of analogical predication that were later extended to theology, the study of the revealed divinity.

  St. Augustine developed his own approach to philosophy and theology, the variety of methods and perspective. St. Augustine believes that the grace of Christ was indipensable to human freedom, he helped formulated doctorine of original sin and made seminal contribution to the development of just war theory. The Roman empire began disingrate, St. Augustine developed the church and concept as a spiritual "City of God" in medieval period.

  In thagaste a provincial Roman City in Algeria North Africa there was a man who was born in the day 13th of November 345 his name is Aurelius Agustinus also known St. Augustine of Hippo. His father's name Patricius was a pagan berbe. His mother's name Monica was a Catholic. So was raised at the age of 11. He was sent to Numidian town to attend school where he became familiar with Latin literature a well pagan belief and dialogue by Roman philosopher and politician Cicero's "Hortensius" at the age of 17 he was sent to Carthage. He lived a hedonism life style for time, and visits the brothels of Carthage and he met a young woman named Floria Amelia he concubine for over fifteen years who bore him a son named Adeodatus.

  St.Augustine created 100 works in Latin more of that work is about Christian doctrine and apologetic works against various heresies. He is known for "confession" of his personal own life completed in about 397. " The City of God" consist of 22 books started in 413 and finished 426 dealing with God, martyrdom, Jews and other Christian philosophies and "On the Trinity" which he developed " physiological analogy" of Trinity.

  St. Augustine's died on the day 28th of August 430, during the siege of Hippo by the Germanic vandals. Who destroyed all of the city except agustine's cathedral. At the time of his death, he was apparently the only person whole town possessed of any books at all.

  St. Augustine philosophy " The argument by analogy". He argues that skeptics have no knowledge. In proof for existence similar to one later made famous of Rene Decartes. St.Augustine said that "Even if am mistaken, I am". He believes that there are bodies external to mine that behave a, l behave and that appear to be nourished as mine is nourished,so by that analogy He said I am justified in believing that these bodies have a similar mental life of mine. St. Augustine believes that the reason to be uniquely human cognitive capacity that comprehend deductive truth and logical necessity.He adopts subjectives view and says that the time is nothing in reality only human mind apprehension of reality and he only time believe that only time is not infinite because God of created it.

  Theologians used a theory of analogy that had three parts: analogy of being  of reality between God and world, and among created realities, too  analogy of meaning of words and concepts  and analogical thinking  of conception by proportionalities.The aim was to explain how words that apply to sensible things also adapt in meaning to apply literally, not only metaphysically, to the transcendent deity known only by inference, revelation, or mystical experience. Words applied to God. He believes that bodies justified have a similar mental life to him. The reason to be uniquely human cognitive capacity that comprehend deductive truth and logical necessity. He additionally said that the time is nothing in reality it only exist in human minds and he believes God who can create it because time is not infinite Therefore no other philosopher exerted so deep an influence upon through as has St. Augustine. From his day to our own orthodox theology has been upon his teaching.