Desires in Paradise: An Interpretative Study of Augustine's City of God 14

For Augustine, the pre-Fall Paradise was a life of tranquil love and joy. The post-Fall world is marked by loss of control over our bodies and emotions. But what exactly happened in the Fall, and why? How does desire relate to man''s disobedience, and is there any sense in which we can recover what Adam and Eve have lost?In treating City 14 as an integral whole, this study explores Augustine''s cr...