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Dante’nin ve Augustinus’un ortak bir noktası daha, zaman dışı sürekli bir şimdi halinde var olan bilgeliğe bir an için dokunabilmek..

Astrology. Certainly an area of intense debate. I can agree with most of his arguments although I have to say I can see how there may be some truth to it, but yeah it is mostly just a waste of time

which to me seems quite Catholic of him lol, and I certainly agree with the importance of hierarchy for societal stability to an extent, but he seems to not differentiate going against one's human higher ups and against God. People are fallible and can become corrupt, so it seems to me necessary for pushback in some cases, while that is not an issue that needs to be considered with God

it seems to me difficult to distinguish what is engrained from a young age versus what is a genuine intrinsic moral feeling. Besides issues such as murder and harm and treating others well. Idk I think this was a really important section but there's still questions I have about the specifics of these statements. Also he makes a strong argument for the importance of hierarchy and almost an authoritarianism structure,

So in this second section of book 3, Augustine makes what I think is a very important distinction between the laws of man and of God. The only issue I have with this is that he makes a very clear statement against things going against the laws of nature vs against time/culture, which again is very important, but how are you to know with certainty which is which? I agree this is an important thing to understand but