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Augustine
Augustine belonged to Manicheans cult of people
The Manicheans believes in forms and anti forms believes in good and evil
Augustine believed in: Two Gods
Co Equal, Co Eternal, Good God, Evil God

View of Heraclitus
Ultimate reality is war vs. good god and evil god
Both brothers, Recognizes both gods in the religion

Augustine: is relevant to theory of forms on free choice of the will closes to Plato and symposium. Augustine was committed to form and anti form. Augustine Christian- One God no anti god

Theodicy- is a Greek word that means God is just?

If there is evil in the world how can all things be just? Theodicy fitting god in bad world.

Augustine is speaking to Evodius: Metaphysics is driving the free choice of the will
Augustine is a Christian Platonist.

Augustine trinity of divine concepts :
GOOD
TRUE
BEING

Augustine take a substantial view
Ousia=Being
GOOD
TRUE
BEING

Substance of God-God has substance in Augustine

Good +True......

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