St. Augustine’s Philosophy

St. Augustine

St. Augustine’s philosophy is more of a godly one , because he was influenced by Christians. He believed that true or authentic happiness can only be achieved if we are going to the right path – the path of God and if we have strong faith in Him. His philosophy was also influenced by Plato. He also believed that God is the Absolute of almost everything and He has no beginning and no end. He also believed that God created human, heaven, earth and all the living things that exist, with love. And according to him, these creations are all good because God created them.

        While on the other hand, His philosophy of the evil is that sin or evil is a product of ignorance, and not will.  He said that human beings should only seek happiness, that could be found in God.

        As I reflect on St. Augustine’s philosophy, I could say that true happiness can only be found really in God. Why? Because if we have faith in Him, we will not be doing things that is against His will and in that way, we will avoid what is wrong or what follows evil.  And if we really have faith in Him, happiness and peace will follow.

St. Thomas Aquinas

        St. Thomas Aquinas philosophy is about the conscience. He believes that our conscience leads us to do what is good and right and if we don’t follow or conscience, that’s the time that we will not be doing what is right or we will be doing bad things that is against God’s will. And if a person possess the Moral Principle, doing good is more necessary that doing what is bad.

        As I reflect on this, I’ve came to realize that it is indeed true, that if we follow our conscience, like when we are thinking of the consequences that might happen when we did this particular bad thing. We look at its bad sides and it’s disadvantages rather that looking at the good thing that may be a fruit of this bad thing. Maybe, many persons are committing sins because they don’t listen to their conscience, they are blinded by the fruit that they may achieve when they have done bad. And maybe sometimes, they are just so desperate that even when their conscience are working, they just don’t simply listen to it.

Rene Descartes

        He believed that certain knowledge, a knowledge that is clear,  is attained through reason. He also believed that, the more we can reason to an evident thing, the most possibility that it exist. For Him, the idea of God is already within ourselves, it’s innate. He also believes that’s, the body can work through the stimuli that the body has handed down, but the mind can work even without the connection with the body.

        As I reflect on his philosophy, when we really have reason for a thing, the more the possibility exists.