Saint Augustine and French Classical Thought

accepted already appear Aquinas argument Aristotelian Arnauld attitude Augus Augustine's Augustinian authority beata vita better body called Cartesian cause century Christian Cicero City civitate common conception concerned conclusions consequence considered criticism Descartes desire difference divine doctrine Essais ethical evidence example existence explain expression fact faith follow Gilson gives hand human Ibid ideas implied importance influence intellectual intelligence interest Jansen Jansenist knowledge least less material matter Meditationes metaphysics mind Montaigne moral nature object once opinion original pagan parallel particular Pascal passage Pensées period philosophical position possible present principles prove question quoted reason reference relation religion remark Saint Augustine scholastic seems sense soul Stoic suggest supposed theological theory theory of knowledge things thought tion tradition true truth universal viii whole writings