St. Augustine – Background Questions Name Papa P’s Questions

You decide what were the 10 MOST Important Ideas in the reading, and write questions as if you were Papa P, hoping you would get the most out of your reading.

1	What was Manichaeism? What influence did it have on Augustine? (50)
2	What role did Plotinus and the neo-Platonists play in Augustine’s thinking? (50) What does it mean when the book says that Augustine “carried his Platonism and neo-Platonism with him and fused them with Christianity.” (50)
3	What did Augustine have to say about the “nature of time?” (50)
4	How did Augustine anticipate the Philosophy of two later philosophers named Kant and Descartes? (50)
5	How did Augustine bring together Philosophy and Christianity? What do you think of his argument? (51)
6	Was Augustine a Philosopher or a Theologian? (51)
7	How did Augustine marry Plato’s ideas with Christianity? (52)
8	Explain Augustine’s doctrine of “predestination.” (52)
9	How can you explain Augustine’s “pessimistic view of fallen human nature and man’s sinful character? (52)
10	What does Magee mean when he says that Augustine was the first philosopher whose quest took the form of “digging into his own inner life.” (52)