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Augustine of Hippo quotes on love

4 verified English passages where Augustine of Hippo’ s thought meets questions of love.

Augustine of Hippo on love

Augustine of Hippo (354–430) approaches love within Christian Platonism. Restless hearts find rest only in God; memory, time, and inwardness structure the Confessions’ philosophy of mind. Original sin and grace frame freedom: without grace the will is bound to disordered love. On this page, the archive isolates English passages where that project meets love most directly—useful for searches such as “augustine of hippo quotes on love.”

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What did Augustine of Hippo say about love?

The quotations below are the archive’s curated answer: English renderings selected for clarity and attribution, not a complete corpus.

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  1. Late have I loved you, beauty so ancient and so new, late have I loved you!
  2. Two loves have made two cities.
  3. Love, and do what you will.
  4. Late have I loved you, beauty so ancient and so new.