St. Augustine#
Summary#
Nietzsche presents St. Augustine as exemplifying a particular type of religious passion characterized by Oriental exaltation of mind, likening it to that of an undeservedly favored slave who lacks nobility in bearing and desires. Augustine also serves as the paradigm of the weak man of late culture who seeks happiness as repose and final unity, longing for the “Sabbath of Sabbaths.” He represents those in whom contrary instincts struggle for peace rather than generating the creative tension that produces great commanding natures.