Augustin, De vera religione, Liber

Augustin, De vera religione, Liber Unus, Caput XXXII, 59; se Migne, PL, XXXIV (1863), 148.


”Sed multis finis est humana delectatio, nec volunt tendere ad superiora, ut judicent cur ista visibilia placeant. Itaque si quaeram ab artifice, uno arcu constructo, cur alterum parem contra in alter aparte moliatur; respondit, credo, ut paria paribus ædificii membra respondeant. Porro si pergam quaerere, idipsum cur eligat; dicet hoc decere, hoc esse pulchrum, hoc delectare cernentes: nihil audibit amplius. Inclinatus enim recumbit oculis, et unde pendeat non intelligit.”

Resultater (Engelsk) 1:

Augustine, De vera religione, Book One, Chapter 32, 59; to Migne, PL, 34 (1863), 148. "But in many ways the goal of human pleasure is, and do not want to aim at higher things, and they shall judge why these visible things pleasing to God. So, if you ask the builder, constructed a bow, why in the second match against another aparte contriving; He answered, I believe, that the members are formed of a building, shall answer. But if I go to seek, precisely why this is the choice; he will say, This is fitting, that is beautiful, it takes delight in, who saw nothing, he heard no more. He is content to rely on his eyes, and hence, is bound up does not understand. "