Eastern Christianity, which takes a less pessimistic view of human nature than Augustine or Aquinas did, has answers to such dilemmas; so has Buddhism.

• 东正教在人类本性的问题上比奥古斯丁或阿奎那的意见稍乐观，对于此类两难困境自有答案；佛教亦有自己的解决之道。