Confessions, Volume I
Books 1–8
$50.39
- Hardcover
480 pages
- Release Date
7 July 2014
Summary
Aurelius Augustine (354-430 CE), 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 st…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780674996854 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0674996852 |
| Author: | Augustine, Carolyn J.-B. Hammond |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 7 July 2014 |
| Weight: | 390g |
| Dimensions: | 135mm x 188mm x 172mm |
| Series: | Loeb Classical Library |
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Hammond’s translation, while always elegant and lucid, stays close enough to the Latin to give us invaluable assistance… An accessible and scholarly introduction provides a way into many aspects of Augustine’s thought which will reward both those who are new to Augustine and more experienced students. – Edward Dowler * Church Times *
About The Author
Augustine
Carolyn J.-B. Hammond is Dean of Gonville and Caius College at the University of Cambridge.
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