This study compares the “desire for domination” in Farabi’s political philosophy with the “libido dominandi” in Augustine’s political theology. Farabi considers the “city of domination” the core of ignorant cities—societies that, due to their failure to recognize happiness as the ultimate end, tend toward domination over others. He emphasizes the necessity of al-millah, meaning a system of religious beliefs and an imaginative representation of rational truths. Augustine, in turn, places the “earthly city” in opposition to the “City of God,” driven by the libido dominandi arising from ignorance and original sin. This worldview has been reflected in contemporary times in the views of Christian realists such as Reinhold Niebuhr, who regard war as a tragic and unavoidable reality. The research findings show that although both thinkers attribute irrational power motives to ignorance, they differ in the nature of this ignorance and its remedy: Farabi views it as accidental and seeks a cognitive cure through the virtuous city and “just war,” while Augustine, accepting the intrinsic origin of this ignorance, emphasizes the balance of power and management of evil until the “City of God” is fully realized in the afterlife through divine grace.