In Augustine's Confessions, he has an internal conflict over his hesitation to convert to Christianity. He states that he does not agree with Manichean ways and beliefs and lists his reasons in several passages. The topic of these passages is about wills, specifically complete and incomplete wills. However, one of his arguments on this concept makes it clear that it is influenced by Manichaean ideas. In the second passage of Augustine it is clearly stated that there are two wills, complete and incomplete. In this way he subtly demonstrates that he is influenced by the Manichaean theory of the two wills. Augustine's first argument begins in section 20, beginning with his hesitation to convert and comparing it to a man's lack of physical strength. He then introduces his position on wills. He proclaims that it is easy for the body to obey the soul and to obey the will of the soul. On the other hand, it is not so easy for the soul to obey itself and its will. Augustine thinks this is because his will was not intact, and if it were intact he wouldn't still be thinking about it, he would have already done so, just as his body moves without hesitation. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essay In section 21, Augustine goes on to say that the mind commands the body, but when the mind commands the mind struggles to obey . He explains this by explaining how the body can so easily obey the will of the mind, making it difficult to distinguish as a will. Augustine argues that this is because the will exists only while it is being done. The movement of the hand and the conversion to Christianity are the same will, but the movement of the hand of the body is barely noticed as will because it is too easy, it is a routine thing. Furthermore, if the mind does not command a will, it is because the will was not whole. The will commands the will to exist. If this command is incomplete, the will is not realized, and therefore it was never a will. On the other hand, if a will were complete, it would no longer have the command to exist, and therefore the will would not exist at all. This is why Augustine believes that the Manichaeans are wrong and that there is no "monstrous" division between wanting and not wanting. However, Augustine then states that there are two wills and both are incomplete. They separate because one has what the other lacks. In the next section, 22, he explains why the Manichaeans are evil and are far from God because of their arrogance. Augustine continues with his argument, that wills cannot be divided into two separate wills, because they are both incomplete and this makes them identical. Augustine then explains his belief that the I who proposes the will is the same I who does not want; not two separate minds, but the same thing. To be neither willing nor reluctant is to be in conflict with yourself. Augustine ends this section with the understanding that it is not his fault that he is willing and reluctant at the same time, but it is a punishment for being the son of Adam, the original sinner. Augustine continues in section 23. This section begins with Augustine expressing his disagreement with the Manichaeans. His claim is that if wills were separated due to indecision, there would be many more wills than just two. It questions the validity of being guided by a good will or a bad will, questioning whether both of these directions can be bad will. He wonders how a will can be divided into good and bad, if it is the same will? Augustine concludes this section by subtly admitting that he is choosing to convert to Christianity, calling it the true vision of the soul and why in Christianity there is the.