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Interview: Dr. Catherine Zuckert on Augustine's Confessions | The New Thinkery Ep. 91

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Is This Book Rhetorical?

Augustine was trained as a rhetorician. Raye: A lot of the power comes from his contention that human beings are not purely intellectual will never be ruled solely by intellect. And i think many more people can relate to that kind of depiction of human life some ways, but it's not delivered in poetry or prose.

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