Comments on: Getting to know Saint Augustine

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:19:15 +0000

What helped me finish Confessions and enjoy it were the tapes. Knowing what was going on in Augustine’s world at the time somehow brings the words to life.

By: Kyle Schmidt

Kyle Schmidt — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:57:10 +0000

I remember that chapter on Memory being really difficult. I still had to reread that excerpt a couple times to get what Augustine was going at, but he’s definately onto something that is indeed fun to grasp. I’m thankful for brave translators to breath life back into these things, although I was pretty amazed by the Henry Chadwick Oxford edition of confessions by just the first 5-10 pages about his birth and a meditation on God and birth.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:03:09 +0000

From what gene did we inherit our weird tastes? (I forget.)

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:07:02 +0000

Love the memory bit.