Saint Augustine in HellIt is difficult to place Saint Augustine in just one of the levels of Dante's hell because his sins were various and not great. Today many of his sins are commonplace. For example, most people try to improve their lives without regard for others. They try to increase their standard of living and obtain more worldly goods. They are neither good nor bad, but just trying to make a living and keep up in today's self-defense society. Before Augustine's conversion, this was his goal. He was constantly looking for «honors, money (and) marriage» (Confessions, 991). This allows us to place Augustine in the first area of ​​hell, the Vestibule. It is a place of opportunists like Augustine was before his conversion. It is a place for the “almost soulless”. . . who were neither for God nor for Satan, but only for themselves" (Inferno, 1295). Augustine never intentionally hurt anyone, but his actions were driven by his instinct for success and praise. These actions included kissing the Emperor, his study of the law and art of persuasion, and mocking newcomers to his profession. Since each of these sins also falls into a different realm of Dante's hell, they will be discussed later in this article. The second level of Dante's hell, Limbo, does not apply to Augustine because he was baptized and was blessed with the knowledge of Jesus. The existence of Christ. Therefore, Augustine cannot be placed within this first circle of hell. The second circle of hell, a realm for those who have fallen victim to their carnal desires, is another level in which to place Augustine's soul because he was consumed by lust in his prenatal life. - conversion days. He was encouraged by his family to learn the art of persuasion and good speech when he was only sixteen. He used these skills, which he developed very well, along with his good looks to seduce as many women as possible. It was “in that sixteenth year of my life in this world, when the madness of lust. . . he took complete control of me and I surrendered” (Confessions, 987). He was in love with being in love. However, he was unable to discern between love and lust. His carnal desires overwhelmed his soul for most of his life..