The City of God Against the Pagans
by St. Augustine
(413-426 A.D.)

Subject Index--Adam Kissel
(page numbers from R.W. Dyson trans., 1998)

Can we become good Platonists in this life? [no] 528, 600f., 627f., 921, 932, 947, 977, 984f., 1031f., 1074, 1165

The active life and the contemplative life: 316f., 396, 451!, 589, 600f., 622, 638, 745, 879, 912, 914!!, 915ff., 938!, 941, 945ff., 948f., 962

Stoics and the "reign of virtue" via the will: 361ff., 365, 593ff., esp.599, esp.602, 922

Contentment vs. Greed: 146f., 211f., ?, 428f., 470, 503, 639, 873, 910f., 940, 1179

Death: 546ff., 922ff., 930f., 937, ?, 1045ff., 1118

Evil: 461, 469, 476ff., 501, 505ff., esp.507, 546, 556, 590, 604f., 608, 630, 640, 909, 921f., 929ff., 939, 967f., 1157ff.

Deceit: 182, 184, 264, 308ff., 315, 317, cf.407ff., 440, cf.465, 466, 467, 529, 587, 606, 618, 639!, 654, 657f., 661, 726, 743f., 750, 752f., 755, 837 (and much similar in the early books), 853, 927, 931f., 946, 956, 982f., 1007, 1010, 1079f., 1156, 1167

Conscience: it works even when uninstructed by reason and even in the absence of understanding, and independent of our faith; it is our natural set of reactions to life; it kicks in when life and property has been threatened, to judge that the threats are evil. 57, 64, 69, 71, 84, 94, 99, 110, 111, 175, 210!!, 302, cf. 308 (absurdity), 509, 590!!, 600, 617!, 628!, 667!, 773, 876f., 923, 926ff., 935f., 939, 960, 967f., 999, 1033

Virtue: 165ff., 208ff., 225ff., 324, 420, 432f., 622, 680!, 777, 910ff., 915ff., 924f., 932, 961

Leisure: 910, 914, ?, 948f.

Education: 482, 695, 875f., 902, 916, 948f.

Philosophy: 482 (divisions of it; cf. Aristotle and Kant); different tracks of philosophers: 313f., 854, 875, 914

Reasoning: 468, 843, 920, 1052ff., 1062, 1161f.

Humility: 477, 609, 943

Inability to know absolutely; the openness of the (Christian) world: 277, cf. 278, 451, 457, 472, 503, 515, 516, 526 (infinity), 625, 632, 642, 684!, 687f., 708, 710, 730, 770, 879ff.!!, 902f., 912f., 920, 941!, 967f., 972f.!, 1014, 1043, 1052ff., 1104f., 1171ff.

Trinity, and negative theology: 380, 453, 462f., 480f., 493, 500, 522, 525, 947f.!, 1037ff., 1167

Imperialism: 934ff., 942 (just ruler)

Justice: 921, 950ff., 959, 965ff.

Free will and predestination: 195fff., 504ff., 510, 556, 631f., 797, 895ff., 919, 966, 1001, 1074, 1107f.!!, 1179f.!

The arts: good and bad (also see in Dyson's index: Minerva): 210, 323, 340, 345, 350ff., 404, 434, 446, 477, 482, 501 (evil acts corrupt your nature), 538f., 843, 904, 1056, 1073, 1161f.

The City of God and the question of its universality: 401, 429, 442ff., 466, 557, 632ff.!!!, 581, 609, 684, 697, 700, 737, 768f., 815f., 893ff., 907f., 912f., 945, 972, 1001, 1028f., 1076fff., esp.1090, 1107fff.

Kingdom of Heaven: 988

Miracle: 411, 896, 898, 1113ff., 1120ff.

Gift: 338, 435f., and many passages on grace

Evangelism: 941, 946, 1113ff.

Friendship: 640, 91f., 925f., 929ff.!, 1104f.

Marriage: 665ff., 1094f.

Gender: 303, 622, 669, 831f., 1019f., 1144ff., 1147

Law: 1109

Duty: 927ff., 944, 948f.

Baptism: 547, 1031, 1076, 1101

How do divine rites get initiated? 409! (also early books)

Jesus as unique mediator: 337ff., esp.341, 377, 382, 451, 1032

Paul: 326n., 546, 598f., 636, 1008

LXX: 883ff.!

Barbarians and Christians as two kinds of outsiders: early books, passim

Plato's Gorgias: 147 and fn., 324, 501, 502, 916f., 919