ST.

AUGUSTINE
A group presentation in Understanding the Self

Ms. Collins
 WHAT IS A
PHILOSOPHER?

A person engaged or learned in philosophy, especially as an academic

discipline.
WHAT IS
PHILOSOPHY?

Philosophy is the study or creation of

theories about basic things such as the
nature of existence, knowledge , and
thought , or about how people should
live.
St. Augustine
Augustine of Hippo, was a theologian, philosopher, of
Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in
Numidia, Roman North Africa.

St.Augustine is a fourth century philosopher whose

groundbreaking philosophy infused Christian doctrine
with Neoplatonism.
 NOTIONS OF THE SELF FROM ST.
AUGUSTINE'S PERSPECTIVE
Augustine’s sense of self is his relation to God, both in his
recognition of God’s love and his response to it – achieved
through self-presentation, then self-realization.

Augustine believed one could not achieve inner peace

without finding God’s love.

Saint Augustine is perhaps the most significant Christian

thinker after St. Paul. He adapted Classical thought to
Christian teaching and created a powerful theological system
of lasting influence.
Saint Augustine believed in the existence of a physical Hell
as a punishment for sin,
but argued that those who choose to accept the salvation of
Jesus Christ will go to Heaven,
CONFESSIONS
The Confessions, spiritual self-examination by
Saint Augustine, written in Latin as Confessiones
about 400 ce. The book tells of Saint Augustine’s
restless youth and of his stormy spiritual voyage
that had ended some 12 years before the writing in
the haven of the Roman Catholic.
“ THE WORLD IS A BOOK
AND THOSE WHO DO
NOT TRAVEL READ ONLY
ONE PAGE.”
THE 10 AUGUSTINIAN
VALUES:
Love
Interiority
Humility
Devotion to Study and the pursuit of Wisdom
Freedom
Community
Common good
Humble and generous service