Confessions · Saint Augustine by Wills, Garry -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Introduction BOOK ONE - CHILDHOOD

I - HOW TO BEGIN? II - IN-FANS (SPEECHLESS) III - CHILDHOOD (SPEAKING) IV - SCHOOLING V - CONFORMING TO A DEFORMING SOCIETY

BOOK TWO - SIN

I - SEXUAL OFFENSES II - PEAR THEFT

BOOK THREE - MANICHAEISM

I - CARTHAGE II - SHOWS AND STUDIES III - HORTENSIUS IV - THE MANICHAEANS V - THE MORALITY OF THE PATRIARCHS VI - MONNICA’S DREAM

BOOK FOUR - FRIENDS

I - TEACHING II - VINDICIAN III - A FRIEND’S DEATH IV - OTHER FRIENDS v - BEAUTY AND DECORUM VI - ARISTOTLE

BOOK FIVE - MATERIALISM

I - MATERIALISM II - THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES III - MANI’S “SCIENCE” IV - FAUSTUS V - ROME VI - THE ACADEMICS VII - MILAN

BOOK SIX - MILAN

I - MONNICA FOLLOWS II - AMBROSE III - AMBITION IV - ALYPIUS V - THE QUANDARY VI - MARRIAGE

BOOK SEVEN - NEOPLATONISM

I - MATERIALISM II - EVIL III - ASTROLOGY IV - BOOKS OF THE PLATONISTS

BOOK EIGHT - VOCATION

I - ON THE BRINK II - VICTORINUS III - SERGIUS PAUL IV - PONTICIAN’S FRIENDS V - THE GARDEN

BOOK NINE - BAPTISM

I - NEW LIFE II - CASSICIACUM III - MIRACULOUS MARTYRS IV - MONNICA

BOOK TEN - MEMORY

I - WHY SHOULD OTHERS OVERHEAR ME? II - THE CURRENT SEARCH FOR GOD III - THE CONTENTS OF MEMORY IV - THE FLESH’S URGES V - TRANSGRESSIVE KNOWLEDGE (CURIOSITAS) VI - WORLDLY DESIGNS VII - CONCLUSION

BOOK ELEVEN - FATHER (ORIGIN)

I - PRAYER BEFORE STUDYING SCRIPTURE II - GENESIS ON CREATION III - THE NATURE OF TIME IV - TIME AS THE MOVEMENT OF BODIES V - TIME AS MENTAL PERDURANCE (DISTENTIO ANIMI)

BOOK TWELVE - SON (FORM)

I - KNOCKING AT SCRIPTURE’S DOOR II - “HEAVEN’S HEAVEN” AND FORMLESS “EARTH” III - DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS IV - RULES FOR INTERPRETING

BOOK THIRTEEN - SPIRIT (LOVE)

I - CREATION: GOD’S FREE ACT II - THE SPIRIT OVER THE WATERS III - THE TRINITY IV - “LET THERE BE LIGHT” V - THE CANOPY VI - THE GATHERED WATERS VII - LIGHTS IN THE HEAVENS VIII - FISH OF THE SEA IX - DRY LAND X - MAN IN GOD’S PATTERN XI - “INCREASE AND MULTIPLY” XII - FRUITS OF EARTH XIII - “EMINENTLY GOOD” XIV - SABBATH REST