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THE ATLAS OF THE ALIEN SPARK

386 — Augustine leaves the Manichaeans

386 · Augustine leaves
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After nine years as a Hearer, Augustine's confidence collapses when the great Manichaean teacher Faustus cannot answer his astronomical objections. He converts in 386.

The inside witness walks out, and takes with him the material for the West's standard answer to the problem of evil: evil as a privation rather than a substance.
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confessions · faustus · privation
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