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Summary: "Boulding's version is of a different level of excellence."
Review: "Augustine's Confessions has been much translated; but it is no exaggeration to say that Maria Boulding's version is of a different level of excellence from practically anything else on the market... All in all, this is a splendid rendering of a classic that never ceases to move and astonish, and will, I hope, commend it to many new audiences." Rowan Williams Bishop of Monmouth, England"Boulding's fresh new translation of this classic captures the essence of Augustine's struggle to integrate faith and understanding as his heart seeks to rest in God." Publishers Weekly--RBL "So old and yet so new! This contemporary translation of Augustine's Confessions was like meeting an old friend and touching perennial truth, despite the passing years. Augustine was surely larger than life--and this translation matches him." Richard Rohr
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Summary: Outstanding....Why does no one write like this today?
Review: This man was a genius. Yet his life and thought are with the grasp of any thoughtful reader. You must read this work, at the very top of the list of classics in Christian thought and in world history.
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Summary: Religion becomes logic
Review: St. Augustin, one of the greatest doctors of the Church, was at one time a heretic. With the help of his mothers's (St. Monica) prayers he turns his life around. This book should be manditory reading for any parent who has a kid who has gone by the way side. St. Augustine take the reader from error and explains why he was wrong. How many modern errors of theology are wrong and illogical.
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Summary: The book has no coherence.
Review: I am a Christian and appreciate all the good quotes and God loving of the book, but he just doesn't keep the reader interested. He talks about one thing or person and then jumps to another without finishing his original thought.
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Summary: Has ever any other writer reached this clarity of thought?
Review: The only reason I dare to review Augustine's classic is to focus on the high level of clarity he attained writing on the most abstract themes, like "time" and "thinking about thought". Though the highest points of his book, to my taste, are those of philosophical character, the author is also a charming narrator. Consider, for instance, the episode where he marvels at the sight of Ambrosius reading alone "without moving his lips"! Would I perhaps be allowed to give seven stars to this book?
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Summary: A True Classic
Review: The story of a stubborn intellectual who finds God, St. Augustine's "Confessions" rightly belongs in the western canon. This book is both a great spiritual autobiography *and* an extended, moving hymn to God. Read and enjoy!
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Summary: Consequenceual work
Review: This is undoubtably the work of a true intelect with wide and varied subject matter. Which after reading you will obliged to know that what is written here is true. Shattering petty social consequences and avoiding the crude rationalisim of the orthodox catholic church this work exposes the true reality of Dasism if somewhat coldly at first. DO NOT, FAIL TO BUY IT.
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Summary: The Confessions is a very human and poetic account .
Review: The Confessions is a strangely vulnerable and lyrical account on a subject where we would expect dogmatism and grandiosity. Despite the "St." in front of his name Augustine comes across as the kind of slob that we might run across at any time. He reminds us of ourselves. Here we do not find certitude or self-satisfaction only a weird kind of singing, of phrasing, of worship. What we find here is a book of poetry.
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Summary: Confessions : Augustine's contribution to western thought
Review: This book may not seem very ground-breaking to modern readers who have grown up within a western culture influenced by these ideas, however it is one of the foundational works of western thought. Whether or not you agree with Augustine's conclusions and ideals, no argument can be made about early western thought without confronting the influence and presence of this work. If read on an allegorical as well as a surface level, his original combination of christian symbolism and classical philosophy is clearly that of a genius. This melding of ideas began with earlier scholars, but was completely realized in this work. By all means give this work a chance, and be patient through what seems like difficult prose to the modern reader.
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Summary: A combination of philosophy and of effusive love for God
Review: Confessions tells the story of one man's uncompromising search for truth. Augustine begins with intellectual concessions to the Christian world view and ends with a passionate and personal devotion to God. Confessions also addresses the question, "How can a sinner have fellowship with a holy God?" Prepare to think abstractly, as Augustine slips often and with little warning into his specialty -- philosophy. Philosophy buffs will find out why many contemporary philosophers such as German philosopher Martin Heidegger pay their respect to Augustine
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