Comments on winncollier: Augustine and The City of God

I haven't braved City of God yet. I read chapter w...

2009-11-24T00:34:14.033-05:00

I haven't braved City of God yet. I read chapter while sitting in Borders caused it intrigued me and may read it one day. But whew...that's a load. Thanks for the review though.

And then abandoned the equivalent of his common la...

2009-11-18T17:04:47.602-05:00

And then abandoned the equivalent of his common law wife.

Certainly, his past (addictions, I'd call them) played into his view of sexuality.

However, with my question, I'm more interested in his frequent comments (condescending, if not disparaging it seems to me) about the feminine / Eve / culpability, etc.

Of course, not in his later life...

2009-11-18T16:53:06.199-05:00

Of course, not in his later life...

His deal with women is that he slept with them as ...

2009-11-18T16:52:31.181-05:00

His deal with women is that he slept with them as a youth and kept them around for sex.