<b>The itinerary of will in Saint Augustine’s anthropology</b> - doi: 10.4025/actascihumansoc.v33i2.10987

  • João Marcelo Crubellate Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM
Keywords: human will, freedom, grace, Saint Augustine

Abstract

My main purpose in this paper is to demonstrate that for Saint Augustine the human will become truly free by a paradoxical process, that is, by being submitted to the True [Veritas]. That process occurs only by means of the help of divine grace. To the Bishop of Hippo, liberum arbitrium and grace are not contradictory forces but work together in the process of conducting the will back to God. To discuss that, I took into account mainly the polemic texts wrote by the Saint against Pelagio (the texts about Grace). The result of that controversial is that Augustine completely reversed the Pelagian ideas, defending the insufficiency of human will to help us to return to God, and the necessary work of divine grace for our restoration to freedom [libertas vera].

 

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Published
2011-12-19
How to Cite
Crubellate, J. M. (2011). <b>The itinerary of will in Saint Augustine’s anthropology</b&gt; - doi: 10.4025/actascihumansoc.v33i2.10987. Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences, 33(2), 173-178. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihumansoc.v33i2.10987
Section
Philosophy