Eros and Self-Emptying: The Intersections of Augustine and Kierkegaard (Kierkegaard as a Christian Thinker)

by Lee C. Barrett III

According to Augustine’s critique of the Stoic view, the task of the individual is to redirect desires toward their proper object. Desire is not to be uprooted, but is rather to be carefully cultivated, channeled, and aimed in the correct direction.