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Saint Augustine of Hippo, step-father of liberalism
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posted on 2023-06-08, 04:49 authored by Mark SomosOstensible contradictions between Augustine's account of the two cities are resolved by his concealed claim to the privileged epistemic status of a Christian prophet. Faith and grace provide the mobility between this quasi-divine and the fallen human position. Such mobility is impossible in a pluralist and secular system of thought. This is why, having lost the creative Augustinian ambiguity, the liberal philosophy of history and norms of relationship between state and individual continue to veer between the logical end-points of anarchy and complete indifference, or utmost individualism.
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History of European IdeasISSN
0191-6599Publisher
ElsevierIssue
2Volume
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237-250Pages
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