Augustine of Hippo · Theology
When Rome fell in 410, the world seemed to end. Augustine answered with <em>The City of God</em> - a vast reframing of all history as the intertwined story of two cities, built by two loves, that will not be separated until the end of time.
You learned that Augustine read all of history as two cities built by two loves. Reconstruct the distinction, and explain what it implies about politics and the state, in your own words.
Leads to Niccolò Machiavelli.
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