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- Read Book 11, Chapters 1, 33
- Read Book 12, Chapters 1-6
- Read Book 13, Chapters 2, 4
- Read Book 14, Chapters 2-4, 6-7, 25, 28
- Read Book 15, Chapters 1, 4, 5
- What does Augustine say death is? What is the second death? (Book 13, chapter 2)
- Why doesn’t God remove death upon one’s baptism or conversion? (Book 13, chapter 4)
- What does it mean to live after the flesh? What is the flesh (look at the very end of chapter 2) (Book 14, chapter 2)
- Give one reason that it is not the flesh that causes man to sin, but instead it is the soul that is the root of sin. (Book 14, chapter 3-4)
- What are the four affections, and how can they be used for good or evil? Give at least one example. (Book 14, chapter 6-7)
- In book 14 chapter 25, Augustine argues that one can only have a blessed, or flourishing, life when that life is eternal. Give a brief description of Augustine’s argument for this conclusion.
- Contrast the city of God with the City of man. Use book 14, chapter 28, to help you. Give at least three differences between these two cities.
- Book 15 chapters 1 and two give us some examples of those who live in the city of God and those who live in the city of man. Give at least three other examples of people you believe live in the city of God and people you believe live in the city of man. And your answer, you may use figures from the Bible, or figures who existed throughout history.
- What is the difference between peace in the city of God and peace in the city of man? Book 15 chapter 4
- What is similar in the origin of the city of man and the origin of Rome? Book 15 chapter 5