| #270856 in Books | 2014-07-07 | Original language:Latin | PDF # 1 | 6.75 x4.75 x1.00l,.78 | File type: PDF | 480 pages||4 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| The English translation is good and very close to the Latin|By Tom Graham|The English translation is good and very close to the Latin, if you like very literal word-for-word translations. The paper and printing seems better quality (bright white paper, crisp, sharp black printing) than the last Loeb Classics book I bought which was probably 10 years ago. If you've been to Latin||Hammond’s translation, while always elegant and lucid, stays close enough to the Latin to give us invaluable assistance…An accessible and scholarly introduction provides a way into many aspects of Augustine’s thought which will reward both t
Aurelius Augustine (354-430 CE), 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 rhetoric. Despite exploring classical philosophical systems, especially skepticism...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Confessions, Volume I: Books 1–8 (Loeb Classical Library) | Augustine. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
