Following Saint Justin (who, while valuing Greco-Roman Philosophy, claims Christianity to be the "true philosophy"), Augustine grounded his concept of happiness in the philosophical tradition that preceded it, which is conceived by him as a philosophiae portus (port of philosophy). However, as a Christian thinker, Augustine sought to overcome Greco-Roman eudaimonism. The distinction between truth and wisdom, the latter being identified with God, makes Christian faith the arx philosophiae (apex of philosophy), which Augustine calls "our Christian philosophy", the place of "true happiness", which for him is the main purpose of all philosophizing.
Augustine; Greco-Roman Philosophy; Christian Philosophy; Happiness