Was St. Augustine Drinking? Aristotle vs. Augustine
Aristotle tells us how to become good: practice virtue, form good habits, develop character, and learn to desire what is worthy.
Then St. Augustine arrives.
He steals pears he doesn’t even want. He agonizes over desire. He discovers that knowing the right thing doesn’t necessarily make us do it. He searches his own memory, argues with himself about his own will, and eventually asks a seemingly impossible question: Does the present moment even exist?
No wonder a modern college student might read the two and conclude: Aristotle makes sense. Augustine must have been drinking.
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