Saint Augustine : (1) (354-430), Bishop of Hippo, whose Confessions is considered a classic of Christian mysticism & his influence on Christianity as second only to St. Paul’s. One of the four Latin Fathers of the Christian Church, he is regarded as the founder of Christian Theology. His conviction that Man, being born in sin & hence corrupt, is incapable of taking the first step towards his salvation without God’s grace involved him in a great controversy against Pelagianism which denies Man’s original sin & fall & hence implies that he can take his first steps towards salvation on his own. Augustine’s elaborate writings on this subject led Calvin (q.v.) & the Jansenists to develop their predestinarian theologies. [See SABCL 23:533, 609; CWSA 29:42, 168]
... significant fact that some of the greatest philosophical thinkers, notably Pythagoras, Descartes, Pascal and Leibnitz, were great mathematicians as well. Some others like Thales, Democritus, Plato, Saint Augustine, Condorcet, Kant, Auguste Comte and Husserl were not professional mathematicians, but their acquaintance with 'the Queen of the Sciences' was certainly not negligible. One remembers in this connection ...
... to speak to the Pope. For the moment, he's very exhausted. Page 127 Yes, they've drained him. It started with a mental attack—every possible doubt: Sri Aurobindo is "like Saint Augustine"; Mother is "like Virgin Mary," it's "the same thing." A mental attack, anyway. After that, he became unable to eat: every time he ate, he would vomit. Then he had fits of hysteria: convulsions ...
... for a Saviour to come on earth, for the "Son of God" to visit man's world in order to atone for the "Original Sin". I recall too a poem of Longfellow's which begins - Page 215 Saint Augustine! well hast thou said That of our vices we can frame A ladder, if we will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame - and ends: Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders ...
... Realisation signifies union; the poet was not after union – but the yearning for union: Where is light, O where is light! Kindle it with the fire of separation. Page 186 Saint Augustine in one of his sayings describes the state in which he did not love but loved to love. The heart of Tagore was dyed with something of this holy Augustinian tint. (2) It is an interesting ...
... Aurobindo - Part 11 The Test of Truth The test of Truth is its impossibility. I believe because it is impossible; Credo quia impossibile. That is Saint Augustine. There is a grain, why a grain, quite a lump of truth in this well-known saying of a great seeker of Truth. "Truth shall prevail? Is this true? Can it be true? It is impossible." ...
... - Vol. 4 The Test of Truth THE test of Truth is its impossibility. I believe because it is impossible; Credo quia impossibile. That is Saint Augustine. There is a grain, why a grain, quite a lump of truth in this well-known saying of a great seeker of Truth. "Truth shall prevail? Is this true? Can it be true? It is impossible." Therefore ...
... Talks with Sri Aurobindo 22 MARCH 1940 NIRODBARAN: Adhar Das has reviewed A's Songs from the Soul in the Calcutta Review and compared it with Saint Augustine's Confessions. SRI AUROBINDO: It is not a very great compliment. NIRODBARAN: About the poetry, Das writes that it is too much burdened with mysticism and philosophy. SRI AUROBINDO: Objection ...
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