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| with "great labor/difficulty" |
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| The Aeneid, Georgic, Sheperds |
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| when you turn to a page and point to a part and then do whatever the text says |
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| "in the middle of things" (it means that ou jump right in or start in the exciting part of the book) |
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| "from the egg" (beginning) |
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| significance of "of wars and man I sing" |
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| Alludes to Illiad and Odysee |
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| can be God or holy spirit of poetic powers |
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| fulfillment of one's duty to everyone to whom one owes the duty |
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| daughter of Priam, wife ot Aeneas |
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| What happens when people show mercy in the Aeneid. (give examples) |
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| Sinon comes to troy and aeneus shows mercy troy is destroyed and when Aeneus comes to carthage and dido shows mercy carthage is destroyed |
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| the god who comes to Aeneus in carthage and says that he owes it to his son "Ancanius" to go to rome" |
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| end point (it can talk about a sense of destiny and meaning) |
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| what was the problem about writing about the trojan war |
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| since the beginning their has been a sense that america is different from anyone else in history. (We have been blessed immensly, but that doesn't mean that we are exempt from it) |
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| How should we view our place/country? |
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Windell Berry's idea- "disciplene of plpace"
Gabriel Marcel "homo viator"- man on the way
There should be a mix of these two views |
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| Chief stoic and christian virtues |
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stoic: justice, moderation, courage, wisdom (JaM Chuck Witt)
christian-faith, hope, love |
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| he focuses on himself and withholds emotions |
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| old bishop looking back at his younger self wandering |
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| two worldviews that Augusine hinges |
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| Classical Greek with medieval Christianity |
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| One thing Augustine is characterized with |
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| accusation of oneself and praise of God |
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| Heresies that Augustine ran into |
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| Three views of Augustine and is quest |
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1. Intellectual search for truth (mind)
2. Emotional search including his heart and this embodied life (heart)
Religious search (soul) |
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| During the last phase of Christian persecution some guys left the church. the donatists said that these people should not be allowed back in after they repented, but st. Augustine lets them back in without rebaptism |
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| He denied original sin. He thought that humanity could acheive moral perfection. |
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the teaching that there is some secret holy knowledge that will evaluate you above all others
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| Why was Augustine attracted to the Manichees? (2 reasons) |
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1. Apparent complexity of their teaching; rationalists that were very disdainful of "ancient Christian myths"
2. Also, they believe that we can't control our body; it is something to eventually be escaped, but for now it's okay to give in (meaning that you can sin) |
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| How should you read the great books? |
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| Read them carefully and with a love for truth and be wary of the things that make us doubt. |
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