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Is Human Nature Simply The Enjoyment Of Sin?
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.... own perverted, earthbound will" masterfully describes the broadest underlying concept of human nature as the will to sin. However, Augustine develops this concept much deeper, expanding a definition that can be compared to that of Thucydides in History of the Peloponnesian War. The accounts of human nature (and what.... Part 2 of Paper
....they owed" (241). This is a direct example of personal wants and greed leading to massive sin. It is exactly this selfish concept which lays the foundation for defining human nature according to Thucydides.
Augustine, much the same, uses his own personal experiences to show the domination of sin in humankind. He starts this account by describing the selfishness and jealousy of infants. "But in those days all I knew was how to suck, and how to lie still when my body sensed comfort or cry when.... |
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