Augustine — Confessions
← all texts · Christian · c. 397–400 CE
What this is
The first true autobiography in the West — Augustine's account of his restless youth, his conversion, and his theology of memory, time and the soul addressed directly to God. The hinge between classical and Christian thought.
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What to read alongside it, and why.
The scripture Augustine is wrestling with on every page.
The Corpus Hermeticum
Gnostic & Hermetic
The Neoplatonic/Hermetic philosophy Augustine absorbed and then transcended.