The City of God, Book 2: 1-4# Thoughts - 思考者
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BOOK II.
ARGUMENT.
IN THIS BOOK AUGUSTIN REVIEWS THOSE CALAMITIES WHICH THE
ROMANS SUFFERED BEFORE THE TIME OF
CHRIST, AND WHILE THE WORSHIP OF THE FALSE GODS WAS
UNIVERSALLY PRACTISED; AND DEMONSTRATES
THAT, FAR FROM BEING PRESERVED FROM MISFORTUNE BY THE GODS,
THE ROMANS HAVE BEEN BY THEM
OVERWHELMED WITH THE ONLY, OR AT LEAST THE GREATEST, OF ALL
CALAMITIES--THE CORRUPTION OF
MANNERS, AND THE VICES OF THE SOUL.
CHAP. I.--OF THE LIMITS WHICH MUST BE PUT TO THE NECESSITY
OF REPLYING TO AN ADVER
ARGUMENT.
IN THIS BOOK AUGUSTIN REVIEWS THOSE CALAMITIES WHICH THE
ROMANS SUFFERED BEFORE THE TIME OF
CHRIST, AND WHILE THE WORSHIP OF THE FALSE GODS WAS
UNIVERSALLY PRACTISED; AND DEMONSTRATES
THAT, FAR FROM BEING PRESERVED FROM MISFORTUNE BY THE GODS,
THE ROMANS HAVE BEEN BY THEM
OVERWHELMED WITH THE ONLY, OR AT LEAST THE GREATEST, OF ALL
CALAMITIES--THE CORRUPTION OF
MANNERS, AND THE VICES OF THE SOUL.
CHAP. I.--OF THE LIMITS WHICH MUST BE PUT TO THE NECESSITY
OF REPLYING TO AN ADVER