“While man is properly understood or at any rate held to be made in the image of God, in that part of him of course which excels those inferior parts which he has in common with the beasts of the field; yet because the mind itself, in which reason and understanding are naturally inherent, is [...]
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are we really posthuman? well, no; more like prehuman.
Posted in Morsels from Augustine on June 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
a kind of embrace
Posted in Morsels from Augustine on September 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
But when I love you, Lord, what do I love? It is not physical beauty nor temporal glory nor the brightness of light dear to earthly eyes, nor the sweet melodies of all kinds of songs, nor the gentle odour of flowers and ointments and perfumes, nor manna and honey, nor limbs welcoming the embraces [...]
take co(u)rage
Posted in Morsels from Augustine on September 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Why are you relying on yourself, only to find yourself unreliable? Cast yourself upon Him, do not be afraid. He will not withdraw himself so that you fall. Make the leap without anxiety; he will catch you and heal you. (Augustine, Confessions, VIII.27)
Augustine, Confessin’
Posted in Morsels from Augustine on September 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
And all things are very good, whether they abide close to you or, in the graded hierarchy of being, stand further away from you in time and space, in beautiful modifications which they either actively cause or passively receive. To the limited extent that they can grasp the light of your truth in this life [...]
Although finitude is predicated in tenses; all can be applied to Infinite Plenitude
Posted in Morsels from Augustine on May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“God always is, nor has He been and is not, nor is but has not been, but as He never will not be; so He never was not” (St. Augustine, De Trin. XIV, xv, 21.).
