Confessions - Augustine of Hippo by Augustine of Hippo
In Confessions, regarded as the first true Western autobiography, Saint Augustine of Hippo lays bare his heart, body, and soul. In this unguarded prayer, a fallible Augustine admits to the indiscretions, selfishness, and licentious obsessions of his youth. He reveals a man of contradictory desires and beliefs, a regretful libertine torn between sin and morality on a spiritual journey toward his conversion to Christianity., Meditative and philosophical, personal yet universal, Confessions has a surprising modernitynearly sixteen hundred years after it was writtenand still resonates, influencing and shaping our discourse on living a life filled with meaning.
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Confessions - Augustine of Hippo
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In Confessions, regarded as the first true Western autobiography, Saint Augustine of Hippo lays bare his heart, body, and soul. In this unguarded prayer, a fallible Augustine admits to the indiscretions, selfishness, and licentious obsessions of his youth. He reveals a man of contradictory desires and beliefs, a regretful libertine torn between sin and morality on a spiritual journey toward his conversion to Christianity., Meditative and philosophical, personal yet universal, Confessions has a surprising modernitynearly sixteen hundred years after it was writtenand still resonates, influencing and shaping our discourse on living a life filled with meaning.
