C***r
发帖数: 759 | 1 BOOK II.
ARGUMENT.
IN THIS BOOK AUGUSTIN REVIEWS THOSE CALAMITIES WHICH THE
ROMANS SUFFERED BEFORE THE TIME OF
CHRIST, AND WHILE THE WORSHIP OF THE FALSE GODS WAS
UNIVERSALLY PRACTISED; AND DEMONSTRATES
THAT, FAR FROM BEING PRESERVED FROM MISFORTUNE BY THE GODS,
THE ROMANS HAVE BEEN BY THEM
OVERWHELMED WITH THE ONLY, OR AT LEAST THE GREATEST, OF ALL
CALAMITIES--THE CORRUPTION OF
MANNERS, AND THE VICES OF THE SOUL.
CHAP. I.--OF THE LIMITS WHICH MUST BE PUT TO THE NECESSITY
OF REPLYING TO AN ADVER |
|
