Augustine recalled that he deeply loved one of his friends, but this friend died so he fell into confusion and thought death was the end of love. His fundamental criticism of earthly love is that you only love a mortal person.
This criticism went deeper and rose to the level of existence. The person you love will die, and this death destroys love. He said that true love is to love an immortal thing. For God’s sake, to love enemies and friends, first of all, we must regard all people as part of the world created by God. Love must overcome death. If you do not overcome death, you cannot say this is love. Love and death are mutually exclusive.
