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CONFESSIONS

CONFESSIONS

CONFESSIONS
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CONFESSIONS Hc - 2014 - 3rd Edition

by AUGUSTINE

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  • Title CONFESSIONS
  • Author AUGUSTINE
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition number 3rd
  • Edition 3
  • Condition New
  • Pages 480
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harvard University Press
  • Publication date 2014
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 9780674996854
  • ISBN 9780674996854 / 0674996852
  • Weight 0.78 lbs (0.35 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.85 x 4.37 x 0.99 in (17.40 x 11.10 x 2.51 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
  • Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Library of Congress subjects Augustine, Christian saints - Algeria - Hippo (Extinct
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2013948584
  • Dewey Decimal Code B
  • Quantity available 1

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The classic account of crisis and conversion.

Aurelius Augustine (AD 354-430), one of the most important figures in the development of western Christianity and philosophy, was the son of a pagan, Patricius of Tagaste, and his Christian wife, Monnica. While studying to become a rhetorician, he plunged into a turmoil of philosophical and psychological doubts, leading him to Manichaeism. In 383 he moved to Rome and then Milan to teach rhetoric. Despite exploring classical philosophical systems, especially skepticism and Neoplatonism, his studies of Paul's letters with his friend Alypius, and the preaching of Bishop Ambrose, led in 386 to his momentous conversion from mixed beliefs to Christianity. He soon returned to Tagaste and founded a religious community, and in 395 or 396 became bishop of Hippo.

Confessions, composed ca. 397, is a spiritual autobiography of Augustine's early life, family, personal and intellectual associations, and explorations of alternative religious and theological viewpoints as he moved toward his conversion. Cast as a prayer addressed to God, though always conscious of its readers, Confessions offers a gripping personal story and a philosophical exploration destined to have broad and lasting impact, all delivered with Augustine's characteristic brilliance as a stylist.

This edition replaces the earlier Loeb Confessions by William Watts.

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