Confessions
Augustine of Hippo
Philosophy / Biography
Confessions
by Augustine of Hippo
—· 351 p· 1482
Literary Canon20th Century Classicreflectivephilosophical
Overview
About
Garry Wills’s complete translation of Saint Augustine’s spiritual masterpiece—available now for the first time Garry Wills is an exceptionally gifted translator and one of our best writers on religion today. His bestselling translations of individual chapters of Saint Augustine’s Confessions have received widespread and glowing reviews. Now for the first time, Wills’s translation of the entire work is being published as a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. Removed by time and place but not by spir…
Pages
351
Hendrickson Publishers
Linguistic complexity
4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
5/5
Profound
Rating
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Reader feel
Spiritual Self Examination10
Prose9
Classical Theological Argument9
Emotional depth8
Narration8
Pacing5
Plot twists3
Worldbuilding2
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