Augustine of Hippo Summary
Louis Bertrand

Saint Augustine of Hippo 354-430 Tunisian orator and Christian bishop whose religious and philosophical views dominated Medieval thought and greatly influenced the development of Western science. Augu... Read more

Augustine, St.(354–430) St. Augustine, also known as Aurelius Augustinus, was one of the key figures in the transition from classical antiquity to the Middle Ages. He was born at Thagaste, in n... Read more

Augustine is one of the major thinkers in the history of Western thought. Born during the decline of the Roman Empire, he provided a bridge between the thought of ancient Greece, interpreted in the li... Read more

As world-renowned poet Ralph Waldo Emerson so wisely stated: "Peace cannot be achieved through violence; it can only be attained through understanding." Concordia, or "oneness of heart", may also be t... Read more

"We who carry our mortality about with us, carry the evidence of our sin and with it the proof that you thwart the proud." (Augustine 39) This quote from the first book of Saint Augustine's "The Confe... Read more