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Augustine’s life and Confession Book
Quotes from Agustine's first book
1.The house of my soul is to narrow for you to come in to me , let it be enlarged by you. It ruines , restore it
Thus, infant's innocence lies in the weakness of his body and not in the infant mind.
3.For no men does well against his will even if he does is a good thing
Characters
Alypius
Ambrose
Agustine
Monica
Faustus
Nebridius
Friminius
Aeodatus
Author
Author
Born in 354 in Tagaste, Numidia (now Algeria)
Raised and educated in Carthage. Mother (Monica)
was Christian, father (Patricius), was a pagan
Augustine was brought up as a Christian at first,
then chose Manichaeism, a Persian dualist
religion
Educated in philosophy and rhetoric and was a
teacher
Taught in Milan, met Ambrose, Bishop of Milan
Ambrose and Monica pressure Augustine to be
Christian
Augustine choose Neoplatonism instead
General infarmation
Written during 396 -400
Greatest theological reflection essay ever written
The 13 books are Agustine's divisions.
Became an instant best seller
Written in latin
Written down when he was 40
The Confessions why was it so important?
First autobiography in western literature
Reflecting on the past with the telos already
there his conversion
Importance of subjectivity
The issue of time book XI