The Existence of Past and Future Things

The Confessions is one of Augustine's three masterpieces. It offers us not only one of the great life stories of antiquity, but also an ideal orientation for Augustine's contributions to the history of philosophy. The flirtation and then break with the mannequians prefigures a life dominated by polemic against rival Christian sects,. He developed in large part in his polemic against the polegians. According to the Augustinian view, we can succeed in this struggle only thanks to divine assistance. We'll be turning to two shorter works, On the Teacher and On Christian Teaching.