Good And Evil In Vernon J. Bourke's The City Of God

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Then he proceeded to his larger idea, a universal interpretation of history in terms of the struggle between good and evil. The City of God was in conflict with the Earthly City as well as the City of the Devil. This was the first serious attempt at a philosophy or recap of history. The plan was to have incalculable influence in forming the Western mind on the relations of church and state as well as on the Christian's place in the temporal order. The original City of God contained twenty-two books and fills three regular-sized volumes. Vernon J. Bourke, author of Augustine’s Quest of Wisdom, has skillfully abridged this edition for the intelligent general reader. The heart of this monumental work is now available to a much wider and vast audience. …show more content…

Augustine makes a point that God created evil in order to contradict the good of the earth. There had to be a power or force that tries to draw you away from the right path. Basically he is trying to explain that one cannot achieve great things without obstacles in his or her path. His thoughts and impressions of what God created are present in every decision made in a normal beings life. If one sits down to think about it, good and evil are in every tale, story, and movie from the beginning of

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