上帝之城（De civitate Dei）

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作品 · 希腊化时期、罗马与古代晚期哲学

上帝之城（De civitate Dei）

约426年 · 作者：奥古斯丁

世界历史是两个王国的斗争：地上之城与天上之城。

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简介

Augustine wrote the 22 books between 413 and 426. The occasion was the sack of Rome by the Visigoths under Alaric in 410, which pagans blamed on the abandonment of the old gods. Books I–X refute this charge and criticise Roman religion and Platonist philosophy; Books XI–XXII tell the origin, course and end of the two cities. They are formed, Augustine writes, by two loves: love of self to the point of contempt for God, and love of God to the point of contempt for self. The two cities are mixed together in history and will only be separated at the Last Judgement. The work became a basic text of Christian philosophy of history and political thought.