(1) She denies any supernatural or Manichean force of evil.(2) Augustine's interaction with the philosophy of Neoplatonism helped him overcome the last vestiges of Manicheanism in his thinking.(3) However, haunted not only by his Manichean past but, soon, by Pelagian boasts of human moral competence, Augustine was never able to shake his anxieties about freedom.(4) A Manichean who believes the world is essentially evil will draw radically different moral lessons than a pantheist who finds God present everywhere in his creation.(5) The cardinal presented a strange, Manichean interpretation of twentieth-century history.(6) Martin declares that he is a Manichaean , someone who believes that the material world is fundamentally evil.(7) Although Manichaeanism is said to be dead, there are many manuscripts in circulation today.(8) In the movies, similar extravagance only fuels childish fantasies of omnipotence and Manichaean notions of how evil exists in the world.(9) Both men felt an early attraction to religious faith, a Manichaean inner conflict between flesh and spirit, a difficulty with responsibility and commitment, and a genius for humor and satire.(10) And if good can come from evil, does this undermine a simplistic Manichean view of morality?(11) Christians, however, considered Manicheanism to be an errant version of their own faith.(12) Members of the Manichaean movement were divided into the ‘chosen’ and their lay supporters.(13) Augustine was particularly sensitive to this need, because for many years as a young man he was a Manichean and hence denied the authenticity and relevance of the Old Testament for salvation.(14) This worldview has bifurcated worldly politics into a transcendently significant battle that has a Manichean logic of absolute good and utter evil.(15) Impatience and Manichean thinking are among the burdens of youth politics, whether in Berkeley or Cairo.(16) Later Manicheans seem to distance themselves from Christianity - which would appear to agree with what Mani wrote.
