Two cities have been formed by two loves: the earthly by the love of self, even to the contempt of God; the heavenly by the love of God, even to the contempt of self. The former glories in itself, the latter in the Lord.
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Written after Rome fell to the Visigoths in 410. Augustine argues that human history is the story of two cities: the earthly city of self-love and the heavenly city of love for God.