St. Augustine and Western Civilization
Augustine has been a central figure both on Christianity as well as western civilization. In this paper, I shall seek to examine the life of this profligate professor with a view to understanding his conversion to Christianity, the effect of his earlier attachment with Platonist and Machinean philosophy and his views on salvation among others. It is the object of this paper to explore the views of Augustine on a number of issues especially revolving around human nature, God and evil and his enormous influence on western civilization. In a bid to achieve the purport of his study, I shall look into the ...
