The Misdirection of Self-Love in St. Augustine's City of God

This paper attempts to provide an explanation for the strange tension between man's eudemonistic impulse and his tendency to engage in self-destructive actions as expressed in Augustine's work the City of God. The reason why both of these seemingly contradicting tendencies can occur at the...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Walsh, Ryan
Format: Others
Published: OpenSIUC 2010
Online Access:https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/235
https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1242&context=theses