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St. Augustine
On Christian Doctrine
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BOOK I. - Containing a General View of the Subjects Treated in Holy Scripture
chap. 23. Man needs no injunction to love himself and his own body
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chap
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23
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Man
needs
no
injunction
to
love
himself
and
his
own
body
Those
things
which
are
objects
of
use
are
not
all
,
however
,
to
be
loved
,
but
those
only
which
are
either
united
with
us
in
a
common
relation
to
God
,
such
as
a
man
or
an
angel
,
or
are
so
related
to
us
as
to
need
the
goodness
of
God
through
our
instrumentality
,
such
as
the
body
.
For
assuredly
the
martyrs
did
not
love
the
wickedness
of
their
persecutors
,
although
they
used
it
to
attain
the
favour
of
God
.
As
,
then
,
there
are
four
kinds
of
things
that
are
to
be
loved
,
first
,
that
which
is
above
us
;
second
,
ourselves
;
third
,
that
which
is
on
a
level
with
us
;
fourth
,
that
which
is
beneath
us
,
no
precepts
need
be
given
about
the
second
and
fourth
of
these
.
For
,
however
far
a
man
may
fall
away
from
the
truth
,
he
still
continues
to
love
himself
,
and
to
love
his
own
body
.
The
soul
which
flies
away
from
the
unchangeable
Light
,
the
Ruler
of
all
things
,
does
so
that
it
may
rule
over
itself
and
over
its
own
body
;
and
so
it
cannot
but
love
both
itself
and
its
own
body
.
Moreover
,
it
thinks
it
has
attained
something
very
great
if
it
is
able
to
lord
it
over
its
companions
,
that
is
,
other
men
.
For
it
is
inherent
in
the
sinful
soul
to
desire
above
all
things
,
and
to
claim
as
due
to
itself
,
that
which
is
properly
due
to
God
only
.
Now
such
love
of
itself
is
more
correctly
called
hate
.
For
it
is
not
just
that
it
should
desire
what
is
beneath
it
to
be
obedient
to
it
while
itself
will
not
obey
its
own
superior
;
and
most
justly
has
it
been
said
, "
He
who
loveth
iniquity
hateth
his
own
soul
."
And
accordingly
the
soul
becomes
weak
,
and
endures
much
suffering
about
the
mortal
body
.
For
,
of
course
,
it
must
love
the
body
,
and
be
grieved
at
its
corruption
;
and
the
immortality
and
incorruptibility
of
the
body
spring
out
of
the
health
of
the
soul
.
Now
the
health
of
the
soul
is
to
cling
steadfastly
to
the
better
part
,
that
is
,
to
the
unchangeable
God
.
But
when
it
aspires
to
lord
it
even
over
those
who
are
by
nature
its
equals
,
that
is
,
its
fellow-men
,
this
is
a
reach
of
arrogance
utterly
intolerable
.
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