Confessions, Volume I: Books 1-8

by Augustine of Hippo

Book Overview

The classic account of crisis and conversion.

Aurelius Augustine (AD 354-430), one of the most important figures in the development of western Christianity and philosophy, was the son of a pagan, Patricius of Tagaste, and his Christian wife, Monnica. While studying to become a rhetorician, he plunged into a turmoil of philosophical and psychological doubts, leading him to Manichaeism. In 383 he moved to Rome and then Milan to teach...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674996852
• ISBN13: 9780674996854
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.4" x 6.8"