Are Augustine and Epicurus Engaged in the Same Philosophical Project

question 45

Essay

Are Augustine and Epicurus engaged in the same philosophical project, or were they trying to answer different questions? How does your answer to this question bear on the view that there is a clash between pagan and Christian views? How does it bear on the criticisms that Augustine leveled against the Epicureans?

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