{"title":"Saint Augustine","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"confessions","title":"Confessions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst written around 397–400 AD, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConfessions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Saint Augustine is one of the most intimate and searching works to emerge from the ancient world. Addressed to God, it traces Augustine’s early life in Roman North Africa, his restless years of intellectual ambition and sensual pleasure, and his gradual conversion to Christianity, culminating in the celebrated account of his experience in Milan. His mother, Monica, stands at the heart of this spiritual journey, while questions of memory, desire, grief and the nature of truth give the narrative its enduring psychological depth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNeither autobiography in the modern sense nor theology alone, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConfessions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e transforms the examination of a single life into a profound inquiry into what it means to be human. Augustine’s lyrical, searching prose moves between recollection and prayer, personal confession and philosophical reflection, establishing a model of spiritual autobiography that would shape writers and thinkers for centuries. More than sixteen hundred years after its composition, the work remains striking in its candour about inner conflict and its insistence that self-knowledge is inseparable from the search for meaning.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"I became a great question to myself.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Saint Augustine, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConfessions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConfessions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Augustine’s Confessions is a masterpiece of world literature.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— William E. Mann, editor, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAugustine’s Confessions: Philosophy in Autobiography\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Oxford University Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64068343595338,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"city-of-god","title":"City of God","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten in the aftermath of the sack of Rome in 410 and completed around 426 AD, Saint Augustine’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCity of God\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is one of the great works of Western thought. Against those who blamed Christianity for Rome’s decline, Augustine sets out a sweeping interpretation of history, contrasting the earthly city, shaped by pride and the pursuit of worldly power, with the City of God, founded on divine love. Moving from Roman religion and classical philosophy to providence, justice and the destiny of the human soul, he reconsiders the meaning of empire and the foundations of political life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVast in scope yet driven by urgent questions, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCity of God\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is at once a defence of Christianity, a meditation on human nature and an ambitious philosophy of history. Augustine draws on Scripture and the classical inheritance to challenge the belief that any earthly civilisation can offer lasting security or fulfilment. Its influence reaches through medieval theology and political thought into later debates about power, community and the purposes of history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Two cities have been formed by two loves: the earthly by the love of self, even to the contempt of God; the heavenly by the love of God, even to the contempt of self.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Saint Augustine, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCity of God\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCity of God\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“The City of God is the most influential of Augustine’s works.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGerard \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eO’Daly, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAugustine’s City of God: A Reader’s Guide\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOxford \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUniversity \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePress\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64068438032714,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}]}],"url":"https:\/\/thelamppostparis.com\/fr\/collections\/saint-augustine.oembed","provider":"The Lamp-Post Library \u0026 Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}