Augustine — Confessions

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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The gods & things in it

Jesus

Companion reading path

What to read alongside it, and why.

The Holy Bible — King James Version (complete) Christian

The scripture Augustine is wrestling with on every page.

The Corpus Hermeticum Gnostic & Hermetic

The Neoplatonic/Hermetic philosophy Augustine absorbed and then transcended.