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The Routledge Guidebook to Augustine's Confessions (The Routledge Guides to the Great Books) by Catherine Conybeare
Augustine s "Confessions" is one of the most significant works of Western culture. Cast as a long, impassioned conversation with God, it is intertwined with passages of life-narrative and with key theological and philosophical insights. It is enduringly popular, and justly so."The Routledge Guidebook to Augustine s Confessions" is an engaging introduction to this spiritually creative and intellectually original work. This guidebook is organized by importance of languagecreation and the sensible worldmemory, time and the selfthe afterlife of the Confessions.Written for readers approaching the "Confessions" for the first time, this guidebook addresses the literary, philosophical, historical and theological complexities of the work in a clear and accessible way. Excerpts in both Latin and English from this seminal work are included throughout the book to provide a close examination of both the autobiographical and theoretical content within the "Confessions.""
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January 19, 2021
This is a nice little guide to the Confessions. The author moves thematically through the Confessions, looking at some of the major themes. One should not expect to find answers to all your questions in this book, but, you will find the author pointing out helpful connections, that will enable the reader of the Confessions to get more out of their reading.
As it says on the back cover, the author looks at how Augustine approaches Language in the Confessions; how he deals with creation, the senses, and the sensible world; and the important question of the relation between memory, time, and the self. The reader will benefit from all of the discussions in this book. It is, of course, an introduction to these issues, and the author also provides comments at the end of every section about where the reader can go for more details on the specific subject covered in that section, as well as a good sized bibliography.
As it says on the back cover, the author looks at how Augustine approaches Language in the Confessions; how he deals with creation, the senses, and the sensible world; and the important question of the relation between memory, time, and the self. The reader will benefit from all of the discussions in this book. It is, of course, an introduction to these issues, and the author also provides comments at the end of every section about where the reader can go for more details on the specific subject covered in that section, as well as a good sized bibliography.
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