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西方人文经典读本:忏悔录(英文版)

内容简介

THECONFESSIONS,writtenbetweenAD397andAD398,outlinesAugustine'ssinfulyouthandhisconversiontoChristianity.ItiswidelyseenastheFirstWesternautobiographyeverwritten,andwasaninfiuentialmodelforChristianwritersthroughoutthefollowing1000yearsoftheMiddleAges.IntheworkSt.AugustineWfitesabouthowmuchheregretshavingledasinfulandimmorallife.HediscusseshisregretsforfollowingtheManichaeanreligionandbelievinginastrology,Heshowsintensesorrowforhissexualsins,andwritesontheimportanceofsexualmorality.

作者简介

AUGUSTINEofHippo(354-430),alsoknownasAugustine,St.Augustine,wasaLatin-speakingphilosopherandtheologianwholivedintheRomanAfricaProvince.HiswritingswereveryinfluentialinthedevelopmentofWesternChristianity.AugustinewasoneofthemostprolificLatinauthorsintermsofsurvivingworks,andthelistofhisworksconsistsofmorethanahundredseparatetitles.Apartfromthose,AugustineisprobablybestknownforhisConfessions,whichisapersonalaccountofhisearlierlife,andforDecivitatedei(OftheCityofGod,consistingof22books),whichhewrotetorestoretheconfidenceofhisfellowChristians,whichwasbadlyshakenbythesackofRomebytheVisigothsin4io.

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