Is this any good/interesting?
I'm trying to learn more about Catholicism and I saw this on sale.
Is this any good/interesting?
Lucas Reyes
Jonathan Stewart
have you purchased it yet?
a landmark translation of the Confessions was just released by Sarah Ruden
regardless of translator anyway, It is without a doubt one of the best books you will ever read if you stick through it
Logan Rodriguez
I haven’t read Augustine because most intelligent philosophers I know of (Nietzsche, Russell) shit all over him, and that’s good enough for me to know to stay away from him.
Gabriel Taylor
No you picked up a completely random book there is no way anyone here is familiar with it since we only study western canon and thought so who knows about this augerstein guy
Joseph Green
Yeah I already got it and why do you say stick through it? Does it get boring at parts or what?
Robert Bell
he gets obnoxiously humble and praisy in some sections
Thomas Anderson
I've read it and it is a good read. Chadwick translation can be a bit awkward at times but still decent. Gives a good insight into the general mileu of conversion and religious tension in late antiquity. Also a foundation of Christian conversion apologetics.
Adrian Harris
Read the Cappadocian Fathers and Chrysostom next. Satan wants you to go straight from Augustine to Aquinas.
Dominic Taylor
It's a great read and I highly recommend it. In the original Latin, it is one of the most beautifully crafted evidence of the language especially in, I believe, book 10 when he is searching for God.
I haven't heard of this edition. The Chadwick edition is solid. I studied the book in Latin with a former student of Chadwick's.
Rousseau lifted a lot from St. Augustine, I mean the man wrote a 'Confessions' also. As for Nietzsche, he shits on anyone, especially for those who are Apollinian/Platonic/Christian. Augustine fits the bill on all of it. Still, if Augustine and Nietzsche were to grab a few beers with each other, I think they would be fast friends, despite N's contempt of A's rigidity.
Leo Nguyen
Already read Aquinas but what makes you say that?
Been looking into the Cappadocian Fathers actually so I'll probably check that out next