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The other works of Augustine is too often put in the shadow of his two most well known works. This shorter work by no means deserve this and I sure am glad I found it and took the chance in reading it.
I was very intrigued by the introduction of Thomas Williams, and once I began the actual reading I was very much fascinated.
The book is a dive into the concept of free will in the form of a dialogue between Augustine and Evodius. This format is golden, since the question we want to ask and dig deeper into is given by the dynamic between the two. Even when they finish a part of argument they recap and track back to the next issue at hand.
The content it self is fascinating. Many of the things the one usually wonders about is answered and often in a mostly philosophical manner. Only sometime Augustine draws support from the scripture, but it all seems to be in par with both the Bible and logic.
There is so much information and a well of good arguments here that it is hard to go into detailed analysis. This makes it dense and hard to speed through because every sentence contains nuggets and further the argument. I would suspect that a bulk of the content is refined or restated in later times, but it feels that most of it holds great on its own still. Often, if one has not read a work like this, one is asking and struggling unnecessary with all the same stuff this book eloquently discuss. It is good to know that much is thought up.
This book gives me renewed respect for Augustine as a philosopher and theologian.
I was very intrigued by the introduction of Thomas Williams, and once I began the actual reading I was very much fascinated.
The book is a dive into the concept of free will in the form of a dialogue between Augustine and Evodius. This format is golden, since the question we want to ask and dig deeper into is given by the dynamic between the two. Even when they finish a part of argument they recap and track back to the next issue at hand.
The content it self is fascinating. Many of the things the one usually wonders about is answered and often in a mostly philosophical manner. Only sometime Augustine draws support from the scripture, but it all seems to be in par with both the Bible and logic.
There is so much information and a well of good arguments here that it is hard to go into detailed analysis. This makes it dense and hard to speed through because every sentence contains nuggets and further the argument. I would suspect that a bulk of the content is refined or restated in later times, but it feels that most of it holds great on its own still. Often, if one has not read a work like this, one is asking and struggling unnecessary with all the same stuff this book eloquently discuss. It is good to know that much is thought up.
This book gives me renewed respect for Augustine as a philosopher and theologian.