Augustine's Confessions Book III - Student at Carthage

Augustine's Confessions Book III – Student at Carthage. Around this same time, Augustine's parents were able to put enough money together for him to be educated in Carthage. Just as his contemporary Jerome had found that the allurements of Rome exciting during his youth, Augustine was enchanted with the attractions of Carthage. As a young man, Augustine had been drawn toward the discipline of rhetoric and oratory by social custom and a desire for personal distinction. On discovering a philosophical book of Cicero, he began thinking of studying more generally in pursuit of wisdom.