To: dyed_in_the_wool
The concept of existence, especially the Philosophic notion (seperate and distinct from the concept of 'being') wasn't really bandied about until the 19th century. In fact, it grew out of the very questions Descartes raised. And if you only knew how much Descartes is found in Augustine!
65 posted on
11/04/2002 11:13:08 AM PST by
cornelis
Or should I say, Augustine found in Descartes?
66 posted on
11/04/2002 11:13:48 AM PST by
cornelis
To: cornelis
And if you only knew how much Descartes is found in Augustine!
And how much Augustine is in Plotinus and how much Plotinus is in Plato and how much Plato is in Hermes...
What makes you think I don't know? Two semesters with an ex-Auggie, how COULDN'T I know?
"Our hearts are restless, O Lord, until they find their home in thee." -- St. Augustine of Hippo
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