Augustine

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

This is a course on a masterpiece in world literature, on a late 4th-century text of Augustine. We are doing a close reading of the Confessions in which Augustine tells his story in the form of conversions to the quest of wisdom (Cicero), Manichaeism, skepticism, neoplatonic philosophy, and catholic Christianity. The Confessions is the history of the schooling of the author’s heart in the love of God, which is presented simultaneously as a narrative, theological reflection, philosophical scrutiny, and prayer.