“ Why should we fear and avoid what has no being? If our fear is vain, it is certain that fear itself is evil, and that the heart is groundlessly disturbed and tortured. And this evil is the worse for the fact that it has no being to be afraid of. ”
Saint Augustine, Confessions (401). copy citation
Author | Saint Augustine |
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Source | Confessions |
Topic | evil fear |
Date | 401 |
Language | English |
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Note | Translated by Henry Chadwick |
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