Human nature — definition?
Innate dispositions humans are born with.
Dispositions — role?
Innate tendencies influencing behavior and morals.
Natural mind — function?
Operates according to innate dispositions.
Augustine — human nature?
Exists but is corrupted by original sin.
Original sin — concept?
Inheritance of fallen human nature from Adam.
Predisposition to sin — evidence?
Humans naturally inclined to sin, observed personally and societally.
Corruption of human nature — cause?
Inherited from Adam after the Fall.
The Fall — event?
Disobedience of Adam and Eve leading to sin.
Garden of Eden — state?
Original paradise of innocence before the Fall.
Pre-Fall rational control — state?
Reason controlled bodily desires.
Post-Fall — change?
Loss of rational control, corruption of nature.
Consequences of Fall — examples?
Pain in childbirth, toil, innate tendency to evil.
Inheritance of sin — mechanism?
Inherited through invisible power in procreation.
Seminal presence — meaning?
All humans spiritually/biologically in Adam.
Massa damnata — meaning?
Collective condemned human state due to original sin.
Love: Cupiditas — nature?
Selfish love of earthly, material things.
Love: Caritas — nature?
Selfless love of others, aligned with virtue.
Concupiscence — definition?
Bodily desires overpowering reason due to original sin.
Bodily desire — example?
Sexual urges acting independently of reason.
Scientific critique — key point?
Genetics shows diversity incompatible with two original humans.
Biological errors — Augustine?
Homunculus theory: tiny humans inside sperm.
Human progress — evidence?
Decreased violence and increased moral development.
Grace — role?
Divine gift enabling salvation beyond human effort.
Predestination — concept?
God fixed eternal fate of individuals in advance.
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