Author: SAINT AUGUSTINE / CHADWICK, HENRY (TRANSLATOR).
Title: Confessions.
Description: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. 0192817795. Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Henry Chadwick. "Augustine tells of his wrestlings to master his sexual drive, his rare ascent from a humble Algerian farm to the edge of the corridors of high power at the imperial court at Milan, and his renunciation of secular ambition and marriage as he recovered the faith his mother Monica had taught him.." Pp.xxx/311. Blue cloth, dustwrapper has minor wear to top of spine. VG/VG.

Keywords: Saint Augustine Henry Chadwick Confessions Student Carthage Manichee Astrologer Rome Milan Secular Neoplatonic Conversion Cassiciacum Monica Platonic Christian 47200 Saints: : Augustine


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