Abstract
An important passage of Augustine's De genesi contra manichaeos (Gen. man. 2.8.10), which seems to be the source of permanent misunderstandings, includes one thesis, two hypotheses, and three sub-hypotheses concerning the initial state of man or the soul. All possibilities derive from an exegetical puzzle raised by Gen. 2:7. The author of the paper analyses these possibilities mentioned by Augustine in order to ponder whether Augustine gave preference to one of them. Arguments are shown for the assumption that according to the early Augustine, in its initial state the soul did not use any kind of body.
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