Restlessness, Habit and Absolute. Beginning and End of Desire in Augustine and Pascal
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Augustine of Hippo, Pascal, Love, Desire, Libido, Habit
Abstract
The aim of this text is to show that, according to Augustine of Hippo –and in contrast to a relatively classic lecture of Pascal–, desire can be de beginning of the relation between man and the Absolute. I will divide the work into four parts: first I will describe the existential situation in which desire is born: restlessness. In second place I will describe the development of desire: as love or as concupiscence, according to its object and inclination. In third place I will try to describe the types of concupiscence and their parallelism in both authors. I conclude showing the importance of habit in the constitution of desire.Downloads
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2014-06-12
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Rosales Meana D. I. (2014). Restlessness, Habit and Absolute. Beginning and End of Desire in Augustine and Pascal. Revista de Filosofía , 39(1), 119-136. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_RESF.2014.v39.n1.45622
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