creatures of intellect and will, and therefore we should love and desire certain things. There is nothing wrong with caring in the eyes of Augustine; it is good to care and to have attachments. The problem with attachment comes into play when you desire or are attached to something that isnt good, something that is wrong; that is when attachment becomes evil. Augustine thinks of desire in the same manner as he thinks of attachment. Desire is only evil when you desire something that is wrong or evil. It is also evil when we desire something for the wrong reasons. Augustine believes that the self is good. You become a self as you grow and learn. To desire to be a self is good, but we, as a people, have become twisted selves. We abuse our God given powers and desire that which is evil or wrong. In my opinion, Buddhism is a little far fetched. I believe that to care about someone or something is a beautiful thing. Caring is an essential part of my way of life. If you dont care about anything but attaining nirvana, it seems like it is a very selfish way of life. Buddhism basically states that you should only care you and how you can get into nirvana and escape the endless cycle of reincarnation. In my opinion nirvana is not our ultimate good, our ultimate good includes helping and caring for other people. In Buddhism, nirvana is just attaining ultimate happiness for you, and not caring for other people in the process, so I dont believe it is like our ultimate good. Buddhism and Augustine view things in different manners. Buddhism states that the root of all evil and our main problem in life is suffering. Augustine on the other hand says that our main problem in life is sin, which is the misuse or the failure to realize our God given powers. Buddhism states that the root of our suffering comes from us being attached to others and from us being disillusioned into thinking that we are a self....
