Augustine's Proof Of The Existence Of God

In this paper, we will be discussing the thought process behind Augustine, an early Christian theologian and philosopher who proposed the concept that philosophical reasoning can coexist in the lives of those who are reflective religious believers. We will first examine who he is, how he formulated his ideas on how secular reason and religious faith have both connotations and differences. We will spotlight two central themes present in Augustine’s work including the proof of God’s existence, the problem of evil and the idea behind free will. We will be utilizing some of Augustine’s works, including Faith and Reason, Confessions, and On Pagan Philosophy: City of God.
To begin discussing the complex ideas associated with Augustine, we must first
He first relates that other philosophers, such as Plato, and Thales. We must look towards Augustine’s proof for God. That it, a mere mathematical proof that lays down the foundations for the existence of God. One aspect of this proof is that all humans have the five main senses, and within these senses (touch, smell, sight, hearing, taste), we perceive them differently. As an example, two people cannot touch the same exact location instantaneously, however we can both hear the same sound at the same time. He concludes that Truth is also a sense in which humans can obtain equally and in unison. In such a hierarchical system, above the external senses are the inner senses. The eye cannot sense that it is not seeing anything when it is closed, however our mind perceives that we are not sensing anything. What is above sense is reason. That is, the judgement of perception. Returning to Truth, it is above reason on the hierarchy. This is because truth cannot be subjective, it cannot be judged upon a higher
It means that they have perfection and non-perfection so they are always in a state of change. The only thing that is not substance to corruption is God. Creatures are constantly changing so some babies are born with birth defects because it is corruptible. God is the only one that doesn’t change. Matter is corrupted/corruptible to allow for there to be evil acts. Humans don’t understand the bigger picture to the whole puzzle. We suffer from perspective prejudices and we feel the local privation must be and will (especially if they affect us), but fail to see how they contribute to the good of the whole. God doesn’t owe anything to anyone. God gives us existence.

We conclude that Augustine made great strides in helping us distinguish what is God, and how to allow ourselves to perceive the notion that a God exists, with the use of his proof. His work is extraordinary given the circumstances that he had, given his Saintly collaboration to the Christian theology, but also to extending the studies of Platonist philosophy. Augustine has paved the way for other theologians to either solidify their beliefs, or to extend reason beyond the secular field of epistemology to allow faith and belief to