Kierkegaard’s notes from the lectures reveal a more Kantian side of Clausen, an antimetaphysical side that led him to portray Augustine in a much more negative light. Much of Clausen’s critique of Augustine focused on Augustine’s penchant for distracting and irresolvable metaphysical ruminations. For example, Clausen argued that the real imago Dei in humanity is the soul’s capacity for thought and self-determination, and he objected that this lofty teaching had been obscured by idle and futile speculation concerning the origins of the soul, including Augustine’s flirtation with traducianism,
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