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St. Augustine's Confessions

Duration
12H 16min
Language
English
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Category

Religion & Spirituality

This course examines all 13 books, or chapters, of this masterpiece that inspired Dante and Martin Luther and encouraged Christianity to accept the thinking of Plato. It provides the background needed to understand the Confessions as Augustine intended and analyzes his account—told in stories that are as powerful as any in world literature—of the events leading to his Christian conversion.

© 2023 The Great Courses (Audiobook): 9781682766552

Release date

Audiobook: September 13, 2023

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