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Religion in the Public Square

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A. Augustine's Reflection of the Roman Empire

I think that was a powerful movementin your essay, when you talked about augustine describing roman spectacles. And then you brought that forward to what we see in our society and how did havent, the advent of christ change this the ancient city? Yes, i mean, i mean two things, but one on the relation between the soul and the city. Augustine is simply making a platonic point herea point sadtin in plato, is that men become like their regimes. They become like what the city values and holds sacredm  and so if the cityValues and holds sacred things that are disordered, then the souls cannot conform to that,. It's going

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