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Confessions by Saint Augustine of Hippo
Category: History
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 psychologica ...Show more
Confessions by Philip Burton (Translator); Robin Lane Fox (Introduction by); Saint Augustine
Category: Classics | Series: Everyman's Library Classics Ser.
Augustine's fourth-century spiritual autobiography not only is a major document in the history of Christianity, a classic of Roman Africa, and the unchallenged model through the ages for the autobiographical record of the journey to self-knowledge, it also marks a vital moment in the history of Western ...Show more
Confessions by Saint Augustine of Hippo
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Penguin Classics
Garry Wills is an exceptionally gifted translator and one of our finest writers on religion. His bestselling Penguin Lives biography, "Saint Augustine," received widespread and glowing reviews, many of which noted his masterful translations of the famed fourth- century bishop's works. Now, reading with ...Show more
Confessions by Saint Augustine
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: A\Penguin Classics Hardcover Ser.
A new series of beautiful hardcover nonfiction classics, with covers designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith World-changing ideas meet eye-catching design: the best titles of the extraordinarily successful Great Ideas series are now packaged in Coralie Bickford-Smith's distinctive, award-winning covers. Wh ...Show more
Confessions of St. AugustineThe Original, Classic Text by Augustine Bishop of Hippo, His Autobiography and Conversion Story by Saint Augustine; Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo; Edward Bouverie Pusey (Translator)
Category: Religion
Confessions by St. Augustine is the most well-known and influential Christian autobiography in existence. Augustine (354-430 A.D.), who was the Bishop of Hippo in North Africa, lived a wild, hedonistic life prior to his legendary conversion. Confessions is Augustine's first-hand account of his life and ...Show more
On Christian Doctrine by Saint Augustine; J. F. Shaw (Translator)
Category: Philosophy and Religion
On Christian Doctrine is a theological text written by St. Augustine of Hippo. It consists of four books that describe how to interpret and teach the Scriptures. The first three of these books were published in 397 and the fourth added in 426. By writing this text, St. Augustine set three tasks for Chri ...Show more
The City of God Against the Pagans by R. W. Dyson (Editor); Saint Augustine; Raymond Geuss (Contribution by); Quentin. Skinner (Contribution by)
Category: Religion | Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought Ser.
This is the first new rendition for a generation of The City of God, the first major intellectual achievement of Latin Christianity and one of the classic texts of Western civilization. Robert Dyson has produced a complete, accurate, authoritative and fluent translation of De Civitate Dei, edited togeth ...Show more
The Confessions by Saint Augustine
Category: Mind, Body & Spirit | Series: Hendrickson Christian Classics Ser.
In his own day the dominant personality of the Western Church, Augustine of Hippo today stands as perhaps the greatest thinker of Christian antiquity, and his Confessions is one of the great works of Western literature. In this intensely personal narrative, Augustine relates his rare ascent from a humbl ...Show more
The Confessions of Saint Augustine by Saint Augustine of Hippo
Category: Classics | Series: Signet Classics (Paperback)
In his 1500-year-old "Confessions," Augustine of Hippo tells the story of his remarkable life, interwoven with his insights of endless wisdom. Noted Paul VI: ?all of antiquity's philosophy converges in his work.?