Argyle, A.W.2019-09-252019-09-252016-06-261949http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/154183"WHEN we quote, as we so often do, the well-known prayer of Augustine: "Thou didst make us for Thyself, and our heart is restless until it rest in Thee,"l we should reflect that Augustine (354-430 A.D.) derived the thought so expressed from the great Neoplatonist philosopher Plotinus, who died in 270 A.D. Indeed the words themselves are strongly reminiscent of a passage in Plotinus' Ennead 5/9/2. (H Arriving at the fatherland he will cease from travail, but not before "). Augustine. before his conversion to Christianity, was deeply versed in the philosophy of Plotinus, and throughout his Christian life his mind was saturated with Neoplatonist conceptions"engWith permission of the license/copyright holderAugustinePlotinusNeoplatonist philosopherChristian denominationsGlobal Church History and World ChristianityDogmaticsArticle