Augustine

Augustine Order Description 1. Morality and Good Life e-text : https:// online.vitalsource.com/ 2. Read whole chapter on Augustine, as well as the short reading on "The Sermon on the Mount" (pp. 34-35). There also two weblinks: a wide ranging essay and a short video. Both help situate Augustine's views. web-link 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=hBAxUBeVfsk web-link 2:http://www.aldhiaa.com/english/ book/book/history_library/various_books/ medieval_philosophy/006.html 3.When you prepare your essay, you have to be able to answer these questions in some detail. So, you have to prepare your essay very carefully so that you touch on the issues asked in each question. Please focus your essay around STUDY QUESTIONS #2 (p. 185) and #5 (p. 186). Study Question #2 :What is “original sin”? What importance does it have for ethics? Why would the theology of good works (advanced by the monk Pelagius, for example) contradict the concept of original sin? study question #5 :. What is Augustine’s view of virtue, and how does it differ from the one offered by Aristotle? 4.Not allowed to use other sources. (use sources provided from professor) 5. Directions for writing assignment: 450 word minimum . Begin the essay with a direct quotation from Augustine. (Provide the page number in parentheses after the quotation.) The quotation is NOT part of the word total. The quotation must present an important idea from Augustine that helps answer the question. Be sure that the quotation is from Augustine and not from the editors’ running commentary/ explanation of him. Refer to the quotation in your explanation, but do not use other quotations in your explanation. Provide proper citations when paraphrasing ideas from the readings.You need to bring more specific content from the text and on-line sources into your discussion.