(October 14, 2015 at 11:37 pm)Pyrrho Wrote:Haha, very true. Those damn pears.(October 14, 2015 at 11:11 pm)Nestor Wrote: ... I didn't think Augustine came across as an asshole. That would be much more applicable to City of God IMO. ...
It has been a number of years since I read the Confessions, but think about how upset he was about the pears, and think about the way he cast off women when he was done with them. (And sending away his child.) He seems far more upset about the pears, judging by how he goes on and on about them.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza
