Summary of Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine's The Confessions (Oxford World's Classics)

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#1 God is great, and we should praise Him. But we must understand that we are not great, because we are but a fragment of His creation. We were created for God, and our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.

#2 I want to repose on God, my sole good. I want to forget my ills and embrace him, my only salvation. I want to enlarge my mansion, so that you can enter it and inebriate me. I want to repair it, because it has within it things that must offend your eyes. But who will cleanse it.

#3 I was born a child, and I lived as such. But I, Lord, who liveth forever, and in whom nothing dies: before the foundation of the worlds, and before all that can be called before, You are, and You are God and Lord of all which You have created.

#4 The infant is innocent, because the source of its life, milk, is provided by someone else. We tolerate these things because they will disappear as the child grows up.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 20, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822549395

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Insights on Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine's The Confessions (Oxford World's Classics)

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

God is great, and we should praise Him. But we must understand that we are not great, because we are but a fragment of His creation. We were created for God, and our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.

#2

I want to repose on God, my sole good. I want to forget my ills and embrace him, my only salvation. I want to enlarge my mansion, so that you can enter it and inebriate me. I want to repair it, because it has within it things that must offend your eyes. But who will cleanse it.

#3

I was born a child, and I lived as such. But I, Lord, who liveth forever, and in whom nothing dies: before the foundation of the worlds, and before all that can be called before, You are, and You are God and Lord of all which You have created.

#4

The infant is innocent, because the source of its life, milk, is provided by someone else. We tolerate these things because they will disappear as the child grows up.

#5

I was a speaking boy. I remember how I learned to speak. It was not that my elders taught me words in a set method, but I longed by cries and broken accents to express my thoughts. I wanted to have my way, but I was unable to express all I wanted or who I wanted it to.

#6

I was put to school to learn, but I found that men called on God and asked him to help them. I, on the other hand, was mocked for praying to God to help me escape my teachers’ punishments.

#7

I sinned in transgressing the commands of my parents and those of my masters. For what they, with whatever motive, wanted me to learn, I could have put to good use. But I loved the pride of victory in my contests, and so