
Interview: Dr. Catherine Zuckert on Augustine's Confessions | The New Thinkery Ep. 91
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I Don't Know What I Was Like as an Infant
Augustine is coming to declare his faith and his experience to others. So it's the truth telling, but on the other hand, this is the kind of preaching that isn't preaching. He's holding himself up as an example of the misery of human beings who don't appreciate god's providence. And he didn't start with any special knowledge. In fact, he starts by singe, i ohi i don't know my origin. From his perspective, to know his origin would be to know god, but he doesn't know god. But mi, you could go into a little bit these experiences and how, in a way, they're meant to generate some kind of a sympathetic
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