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Augustine's Confessions

In Our Time: Philosophy

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The First 10 Books Are About Me

Augustine's first 10 books look like an autobiography. He tells the story of his life, from his infancy until shortly after he makes a decisive commitment to a particular kind of Christianity. But then we have other books at the end which involve reflection on memory and time and the doctrine of creation. So it's really a unique form and a lot of ink has been spilt trying to wonder what exactly holds the whole book together. We could call it one of the very first, not thevery first, but certainly the most significant that there was.

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