Part one of term paper
Augustine on his own view stole the fruit for the mere enjoyment of the sin and theft that the stealing involved. He says in (II,4) “Behold, now let my heart tell you what it looked for there, that I should be evil without purpose and there should be no cause for my evil, but evil itself. Foul was the evil, and I loved it.” Aug ...

Part two of term paper
... this in his Confessions (II,4) that “For I stole a thing of which I had plenty of my own and much better quality. Nor did I wish to enjoy the thing which I desired to gain by theft, but rather to enjoy the actual theft and sin of theft.” The mere thrill of the theft and sin was more desirable than the fruit which they stole. The fruit was sought as an opportunity to be deceitful and to gain self enjoyment from it. Augustine, however realizes that the theft that ...