'Be a person' according to Saint Augustine

Dinamismo vital hecho relación a imagen de la Trinidad

Abstract

The Augustinian inner reality, which is dynamic life (constitutive dynamism), is highlighted. It does not reduce to a single and a uniform perspective; rather it is a multidimensional relationship (like the Christian Trinity). Memory, the soul ("mens") - the true self for St. Augustine - is constituted with a dialectical dynamism; its state of not-being-located within, raises controversies and disagreements while the relationship between the 'mens' and its capacities is interpreted. The concept of relationship and its constitutive areas are reconsidered; some poor interpretations of the soul and its capacities are questioned and a critical reflection is proposed based on the Image of the Trinity of the Christian God.