November 27, 2020
The Fragility of Flourishing: Augustine’s Critique of the Stoics is the newest contribution by Brendan W. Case. The aricles is published at https://hfharvard.medium.com/, which is a new platform for commentaries offered by Program's staff and fellows.
From the article:
Augustine and the Stoics agreed that human flourishing is fragile if it depends on any external goods, but the Stoics took this to show that virtue alone suffices for our happiness, whereas, for Augustine, it proved that true flourishing is impossible except in the kingdom of God.
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Link to the article: https://hfharvard.medium.com/the-fragility-of-flourishing-augustines-critique-of-the-stoics-by-brendan-w-case-dc47ff6b404a
