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Augustine's Confessions

Augustine on his own view stole the fruit for the mere enjoyment of the sin and theft that the stealing involved. He says in (II,4)

“Behold, now let my heart tell you what it

looked for there, that I should be evil

without purpose and there should be no

cause for my evil, but evil itself. Foul

Augustine knew that what he was doing at the time of the crime but he did not care to think about the outcome of his actions. Augustine only cared that the deed which he participated in was indeed forbidden. Himself and his companions stole the fruit even if they had more desirable fruit to eat at their own homes.

Augustine states this in his Confessions (II,4) that

“For I stole a thing of which I had plenty

of my own and much better quality. Nor did

I wish to enjoy the thing which I desired to

gain by theft, but rather to enjoy the actual

The mere thrill of the theft and sin was more desirable than the fruit which they stole. The fruit was sought as an opportunity to be deceitful and to gain self enjoyment from it.

Augustine, however realizes that the theft that he committed

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