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The City of God, Volume I

Augustine (Aurelius Augustine), Saint of Hippo · composed 413–426; published/issued in installments during composition primary

passage 164 of 449 · BOOK I. > BOOK FIFTH.[183] (13/37)

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power, than that the freedom of our will is excluded by that order of causes, which, by an unusual application of the word peculiar to themselves, the Stoics call Fate.

  1. Whether our wills are ruled by necessity.
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The City of God, Volume I · Augustine (Aurelius Augustine), Saint of Hippo · 413–426