Confessions

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In this new translation the brilliant and impassioned descriptions of Augustine's colorful early life are conveyed to the English reader with accuracy and art. Augustine tells of his wrestlings to master his sexual drive, his rare ascent from a humble Algerian farm to the edge of the corridors of high power at the imperial court of Milan, and his renunciation of secular ambition and marriage as he recovered the faith that his mother had taught him. It was in a Milan garden that Augustine finally achieved the act of will to Christian conversion, which he compared to a lazy man in bed finally deciding it is time to get up and face the day. - Back cover.  Read more... Abstract: This new translation conveys to the English reader with accuracy and art the brilliant and impassioned descriptions of Augustine's colourful early life.  Read more... Content: THE CONFESSIONS -- Early Years -- Adolescence -- Student at Carthage -- Manichee and Astrologer -- Carthage, Rome, and Milan -- Secular Ambitions and Conflicts -- A Neoplatonic Quest -- The Birthpangs of Conversion -- Cassiciacum: to Monica's death -- Memory -- Time and Eternity -- Platonic and Christian Creation -- Finding the Church in Genesis I.