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How was Augustine influenced by Neoplatonism? Consider: Which Neoplatonic ideas did Augustine borrow and express in Book XI of Confessions? Your answer should be at least 150 words.

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Neoplatonic philosophy exerted a great influence on the intellectual formation of Augustine, consolidating his conversion to Christianity. Augustine as a thinker seized as much of the concepts of this movement as possible to create a "Christian philosophy" of his own and to explain it

Augustine was influenced by Neoplatonism because he saw this philosophy as a doctrine capable of helping the Christian faith to become aware of its own internal structure and to defend itself with rational arguments, elaborating itself as theology.

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The way in which Augustine was influenced by Neoplatonism is:

  • It made him to become a deep thinker.

What is Neoplatonic philosophy?

This refers to the school of thought which believed that it was entirely possible for one to achieve perfection and endless happiness on earth.

With this in mind, we can see that this Neoplatonic Philosophy was a great influence in the life of Augustine as he converted to Christianity and this helped make him a deep thinker.

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