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Augustine  

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  • Augustine (354–430 CE) was the first major political thinker within the Christian tradition. Politically astute and highly intellectual, Augustine was a North African bishop during a period that saw immense changes in the political landscape. [Source: Encyclopedia of Political Theory; Augustine (354–430 CE)]

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