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Confessions by Augustine of Hippo

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Author Biography

Name: Augustine, St.
Birth Date: November 13, 354
Death Date: August 28, 430
Place of Birth: Tagaste, Algeria
Nationality: Algerian
Gender: Male
Occupations: saint, philosopher, theologian

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Biography of Augustine
5922 words, approx. 19.7 pages
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 light of the Judeo-Christian Scriptures, and the Middle...
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Biography of Augustine, St.
2406 words, approx. 8 pages
The Christian philosopher and theologian St. Augustine (354-430) is best known for "The Confessions" and "The City of God." After the authors of the New Testament, he has probably been the most influential Christian writer. The greatest of the Latin Fath...


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Confessions Information
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Confessions is the name of a series of thirteen autobiographical books by St. Augustine of Hippo written between AD 397 and AD 398. In modern times, the books are usually published as a single volume known as The Confessions of St. Augustine in order to...


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National Review
The confessions of St. Augustine.
01/11/1985: 2,222 words, approx. 7 pages
The Confessions of ST. AUGUSTINE IT HAS BEEN years now since I first read the Confessions of St. Augustine. It was when I was in my late twenties, before I started college, in fact before I had ever gone to school at...
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The Review of Metaphysics
Images of Conversion in St. Augustine's Confessions. (book reviews)
03/01/1997: 493 words, approx. 2 pages
O'CONNELL, Robert J. Bronx: Fordham University Press, 1996. xix + 327 pp. Cloth, $35.00--Following upon his Soundings in St. Augustine's Imagination, O'Connell is sensitive to the "image-clusters"--images moving on and into each other--found in the discursive language of St. Augustine's classic work. In...
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Egyptian: Torture forced spy confession
2/24/2007: 371 words, approx. 1 pages
An Egyptian charged with spying for Israel pleaded not guilty at the start of his trial on Saturday and claimed he had confessed under torture, a court official said.Mohammed el-Attar, who also holds Canadian citizenship, was arrested on Jan. 1 as he returned from abroad...
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Man: Confession extracted under torture
2/28/2007: 605 words, approx. 2 pages
An Egyptian-Canadian man accused of spying for Israel said Wednesday he confessed because he was tortured with electric shocks and his lawyer urged the court to throw out the confession.Mohammed el-Attar, 30, is on trial in the State Security Emergency Court, and has pleaded not...
 


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The Essence Of a Soul
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This essay is about Hildegard of Bingen and St. Augustine Confessions, how they perceive the soul.


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