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The state is like a robber's den, humanity without freedom. Saint Augustine

3 September, 2023

Augustine's philosophy may seem exclusively theological, but on the shoulders of this theology grows a modern understanding of free will, the state as a secular institution, the historical process, and even the equality of men and women.


Guests:
Dmitry Bugai, Professor, Doctor of Philology, Faculty of Philosophy, Moscow State University
Alexandra Ilyina, Faculty of Philosophy, Moscow State University

Moderator — Anton Kuznetsov, Ph.D., research associate at the Center for Consciousness Studies at the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University

Timecode:

00:00 - Introduction
03:17 - What is the importance of St. Augustine and who are the fathers of the church?
07:19 - The most important topics in Augustine's philosophy
11:05 - How Augustine solves the problem of free will
16:17 - Pelagian heresy and original sin
18:47 - Man as a toy of divine grace, the darkness of freedom
22:18 - Philanthropy and denial of free will
28:34 - The argument that everyone is sinful from birth. The sin of audacity 
35:10 - Justification of evil and non-existence
40:18 - Why does God not cope with nothing?
41:22 - The city of Earth and the city of God and a new wave of persecution of Christians
44:56 - Augustine reformatted views on history
48:01 - The state is a robber's den. Breeding of the political and sacred
51:37 - False ideas about the personality of Augustine. Misogyny
56:30 - Why was a woman created?
59:18 - The question of image and likeness in relation to a woman
01:02:23 - Summary

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