concept

law of sin

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Properties

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description
A powerful internal force described by Augustine as the 'violence of custom', which draws and holds the mind captive against its will, stemming from a willing fall into it.
effect
holds mind captive
nature
violence of custom
origin
willing fall into it

Relationships

  • is defined asviolence of custom
    description
    Augustine explicitly defines the Law of Sin as the compelling force of established habits.
    source
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    source_text
    For the law of sin is the violence of custom, whereby the mind is drawn and holden, even against its will; but deservedly, for that it willingly fell into it
  • extracted_fromSource
    extracted_at
    2026-03-02T21:55:24.519Z
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  • same_as01KJR8RWTG0DJPZ5CCS853KCBM
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    0.9
    detected_at
    2026-03-02T21:56:48.457Z
    detected_by
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    reasoning
    Both entities describe the same internal struggle within Augustine related to sin. The 'law of sin' is defined as the 'violence of custom' that holds the mind captive against its will, while 'two wills augustines' describes the conflict between the old and new wills that constitutes this very struggle and bondage. They are two perspectives on the same core concept, and both are extracted from the same source text chunk describing this internal conflict.