@misc{Stróżyński_Mateusz_Loving_2013, author={Stróżyński, Mateusz}, copyright={Copyright by Mateusz Stróżyński}, howpublished={online}, year={2013}, publisher={Instytut Studiów Klasycznych, Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych}, language={eng}, language={pol}, abstract={One of the major problems which Augustine touches upon in the Confessions is the question of the fall of the soul, or the original sin, which has given rise to the existential situation in which all humans live – that of spiritual malaise and death. In this text I examine two significant images of the fall of the soul as they appear in books 2 and 4. My aim will be to demonstrate that suggestive allegories conceal deliberate philosophical content and that both these well-known scenes – I mean those of the theft of the pears from the neighbour’s garden and the death of the close friend – symbolically present two essential aspects of Augustinian conception of the fall of the soul and of sin.}, title={Loving is not what it should be, and not as it should be: literary images of the fall of the soul in the second and fourth books of Augustine's Confessions}, keywords={Augustine, Confessions, original sin, fall of the soul}, }