Religion:Soliloquies of Augustine

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Short description: 4th-century book by Augustinus van Hippo


The Soliloquies of Augustine is a two-book document written in 386–387 AD[1] by the Christian theologian Augustine of Hippo.[2]

The book has the form of an "inner dialogue" in which questions are posed, discussions take place and answers are provided, leading to self-knowledge.[3] The first book begins with an inner dialogue which seeks to know a soul. In the second book it becomes clear that the soul Augustine wants to get to know is his own.[4]

A translation of the first half of the Soliloquies into Old English is attributed to Alfred the Great, where it is known as the Blostman ('bloom') or Anthology.

References

  1. Watson, G. (1990). Augustine: Soliloquies and Immortality of the Soul. Aris & Phillips. p. iv. ISBN 978-0-85668-506-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=8rV7QgAACAAJ&pg=PR4. 
  2. Soliloquies: Augustine's Inner Dialogue by Boniface Ramsey 2000 ISBN:978-1-56548-142-8 page 1
  3. Augustine's Inner Dialogue: The Philosophical Soliloquy in Late Antiquity by Brian Stock 2010 ISBN:978-0-521-19031-2 page 6
  4. The Cambridge companion to Augustine by Eleonore Stump, Norman Kretzmann 2001 ISBN:0-521-65985-X page 76

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