The article presents an exposition of the anthropological and moral pattern that Varro explains in his work De philosophia. It shows how this same pattern, which is ecclectic and deeply rooted in the Peripapetic and Stoic philosophy, is used by S. Augustine in his first works, particulary in De moribus, De ordine, De animæ quantitate, De libero arbitrio.

The article deals with Porphyrius’ influence on Saint Augustine’s first works, underlining the differences and the contraposition among the two writers, following the research of M. Cutino, who points out in the Dialogues of Casiciacum Saint Augustine’s rejection of elitism and scepticism that existed in Porphyrius’ works and among his intellectual circle. The article reviews only a part of the texts interpreted by M. Coutino, and stresses the nature and extension of the conflict between Porphyrius and Augustine’s first Works.

The article deals with the concept of the tria uitia in the framework of the antropological model that is presented by S. Augustine in De uera religione, searching the literary and philosophical sources, specially stressing those that come from the Stoic, the Old Academy and Antiochus of Ascalon, as they where transmited to the latin culture through Cicero and Varro. The article analyzes and compares some texts of De uera religione with texts of Cicero and Varro.

The article deals with St. Augustine’s response to the problem of Evil: in the book De Ordine, against Plotinus’ idea of the necessity and eternity of Evil, analyzing and exposing its main arguments. It also deals with the problem of Evil in the polemic against the Manicheans and the exposition that St. Augustine makes to the Christians, giving an answer taken from the Bible where in the end, Good will triumph.

The article deals with the source that St. Augustine uses in the second part of De Ordine when he explains the Liberal Arts. This source is Varro. It demonstrates that the interpretation that I. Hadot makes of the second part of De Ordine is excessively Neo-Platonic. After that it presents new arguments to prove that the source of the section in which St. Augustine explains the Liberal Arts is that of Varro.

The article deals with the sources that have inspired Saint Augustine’s Anthropological model in Book I of the Confessions. It demonstrares that the sources are not those of Neo-platonic Philosophy, but those of the Old Academy, as expressed by the particular version of Antiochus of Ascalon, mixed with some elements of the Peripatetic and the Stoic school, which have been transmitted to the Latin Culture through Cicero and Varro. The article demonstrares this, analyzing some passages of Book I of the Confessions.

The article tries to demonstrate that St. Augustine’s concept about ‘Actio - Contemplatio’ follows an Anthropological Model which depends on Antiochus of Ascalon, which Augustine knew through the works of Cicero and Varro. The article also presents according to that Anthropological Model: 1) The Human being is composed of body and soul, and not only of rational soul; 2) The soul is moved to action through a natural appetitus, as it is also naturally moved to live and to know through the senses and reason; 3) In the life of every human being these appetitus are satisfied in different ways, according to the age, and a kind of coniugium between the appetitus and the soul, the Knowledge and the Action.

The article demonstrares that Augustine’s conception regarding marriage is greatly influenced by Aristotle, whose theories were transmitted to him by Latin Authors such as Cicero and Varro. The article does not make a complete and detailed presentation of Augustine’s philosophy concerning marriage. Nevertheless, the elements in which the influence of Aristotle can be seen are stressed, among others, in the social and congenial character of marriage.

The article deals with the sources that have inspired Saint Augustine’s work De immortalitate animas, departing from the classical theories on the subject. Stressing that in the moment before receiving Baptism, Augustine’s tradition did not depend on Platonism as much as it has been generally thought, but that it had other sources, not only the new Christian Faith, but also the suggestions from many classical authors such as Cicero and Varro. To demonstrate this, some texts are analyzed to point out the sources of inspiration, especially that of Varro.

The article completes the research work of the author concerning the sources of St. Augustine’s Anthropology, in which he has underlined the importance of Antioc of Ascalona’s anthropological model and which St. Augustine came to know through Cicero and Varro. This essay makes a systematic research of the traces of Varro’s De philosophia in Saint Augustine’s works before De ciuitate Dei, and to understand the importance of these traces.