Saint Augustine

/ ˈɔːɡəsˌtiːn /

noun

a resort in NE Florida, on the Intracoastal Waterway: the oldest town in North America (1565); the northernmost outpost of the Spanish colonial empire for over 200 years. Pop: 11 915 (2003 est)

A man who accepts heaven as a gift is full of divine enthusiasm, like Saint Augustine.

He took the side of the Realists, his object being to uphold Saint Augustine.

Pascal does not appear to refer to any single passage, but to the general teaching of Saint Augustine.

He is wrong; Saint Augustine is the better philosopher, who says: Act we must in pursuance of what gives us most delight.

Augustine: Saint Augustine, the great African bishop (354- 430).

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