Philosophical views of st. Augustinr

1. St. Augustine
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Gamotin, Raymund Steve H.
Balo, Rhona M
Rabanes, Chrissa Mae C.
Agudulo, Jera Mea
Etorma, Riza
Andulog, Joseph
Maghanoy, Rilljean
Embodo, Jestoni

2. Saint Augustine of Hippo
(Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis)
The first truly great medieval philosopher

3. Biography:
 Name: Saint Augustine of Hippo, (Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis)
 Doctor of the Church, Bishop, Philosopher, Theologian
 Born:13 November 354
 Thagaste, Numidia (now Souk Ahras, Algeria)
 Died: 28 August 430 (age 75)
 Hippo Regius, Numidia (now modern-day Annaba, Algeria)
 Influences: Ambrose, Anthony the Great, Cicero, Cyprian, Monica,
Paul of Tarsus, Plato, Plotinus
 Influenced: Virtually all subsequent Western philosophy and
theology.
 Major works: Confessions of St. Augustine
City of God
On Christian Doctrine

4.  ("I am doubting, therefore I am") response to a philosophical
position known as “skepticism” – the view that says that no
knowledge is possible beyond what one knows by immediate sense
experience, and, in some extreme positions, that even knowledge
based sense experience is impossible.
 He believed that no knowledge is impression that represents the self
because to be aware of an impression, we must already be conscious
Philosophical Perspectives of the
Self:

5. St. Augustine's Beliefs about Self
 Believed and integrated the ideas of Plato about the self having an
immortal soul.
 The physical body is radically different from and inferior to its
inhabitant, the immortal soul.
 He views the body as "spouse" of the soul, both attached to one
another by a "natural appetite."
 He believes that the body is united with the soul, so that man may be
entire and complete.

6. Confessions
 In his work, Confessions, Augustine describes that humankind is
created in the image and likeness of God. Everything created by God
who is all good is good.
 Augustine is convinced that the self is known only through knowing
God. Accordingly, self-knowledge a consequence of knowledge of
God.
 Augustine indicates the significance of reflection, as well as the
importance of prayers and confessions to arrive at a justification for
the existence of God.
 "Knowledge can only come by seeing the truth that dwells within us."
The truth of which Augustine speaks refers to the truth of knowing
God.

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8. Thomas Aquinas

9. Biography:
 Name: Saint Thomas Aquinas
 Italian Dominican theologian, Influential medieval thinker of
Scholasticism, Father of the Thomistic school of theology,
Philosopher
 Born: 1225
 Roccasecca, Italy
 Died: March 7, 1274
 Fossanova, Italy
 Major works: Impugnantes Dei cultum et religionem (Against
Those Who Assail the Worship of God and Religion)
 Summa Theologica
 Summa Contra Gentiles

10.  Philosophical View of Self
 Human beings possess both a material body and an immaterial soul.
 Man is substantially body and soul. And definitely, only the soul is the
 substance while the body is actual
 He believed that the soul is created by God and is infused into the body at the
moment of conception. The soul gives human beings their unique identity and
allows them to possess intellectual and moral faculties.
 Furthermore, Aquinas argued that selfhood is intrinsically connected to the
pursuit of moral and intellectual virtues.
 The development of these virtues is central to the flourishing of the self.
Virtuous actions, such as courage, justice, prudence, and temperance promote
individual well-being and the common good of society.