St. Augustine made some very important philosophical contributions to defend the philosophy of Christianity. One of these contributions concerned the philosophical problem of evil. Up until St. Augustine's time, philosophers questioned the idea proposed by Christians that evil generated in a world created by a perfectly good God. The problem is easy enough to understand, yet slightly more complicated to solve. St. Augustine raised some fairly good propositions to offer an explanation for this question. …
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…act itself, so reading this section of Augustine's philosophy was very interesting to me. In conclusion, with the minor exception of the source of evil - or rather, who created it - I agree with Augustine and found his principles very interesting. I think St. Augustine was a very important figure in the history of moral philosophy and he is one of the reasons I have such an interest in the field of study. 1,692 wrds.