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A 7 page paper which presents a theme from Chapter X of St. Augustine’s Confessions and then discusses a similar theme in A Eulogy for Basil the Great by Gregory of Nyssa. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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his life and thought h deeply about the search for true enlightenment in God. He was not an arrogant men a but very humble man who recognized his weaknesses, and
sought out those weaknesses, in order to make himself a better person and a better servant of God. With that in mind the following paper examines a theme in Chapter
X of his famous text Confessions. The paper examines this theme, a theme of adoration and supplication, and then examines a similar theme in A Eulogy for Basil the Great
by Gregory of Nyssa. The paper then finishes with a discussion of the two. St. Augustine In this particular chapter of
St. Augustines he takes note about his rebellious youth and his inability to see beyond his own desires at one point in his life. He mentions that he enjoyed sports
far more than he perhaps should have, and for wrong reasons. He notes that he disobeyed his teachers and his parents in this pursuit, stating, "I disobeyed them not because
I had chosen a better way, but from a fondness for play, loving the honour of victory in the matches, and to have my ears tickled with lying fables" (St.
Augustine Chapter X). He then notes that he learned many things through such examination concerning his behavior, behavior that was less than
noble or selfless. He presents the following in relationship to the importance of adoration and supplication towards God: "Who can unravel that twisted and tangled knottiness? It is foul. I
hate to reflect on it. I hate to look on it. But thee do I long for, O righteousness and innocency, fair and comely to all virtuous eyes, and of
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