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

by Lee C. Barrett III

Both Cicero and Augustine (in his Cassiciacum dialogues) tend to define “happiness” negatively, in terms of what it is not. “Happiness” in this context is not a transient affective episode of contentment, satiation, pleasure, or exhilaration.