My grandpa wore this same shirt to dinner with me tonight. “the past is always driven on by the future, the future always follows on the heels of the past, and both the past and future have their beginning and their end in the eternal present.”
I have only dabbled in Augustine's famous 'Confessions', my interest residing mainly in the work's historical and autobiographical value, but your presentation gives persuasive evidence of the text's significant philosophical value and metaphysical curiosity. My antipathy to the religion embraced and explored by Augustine is a major stumbling block for me (the incessant guilt and self-torment for simply being human), but I don't doubt that reading his writings more deeply would be rewarding in itself.
Thanks for the kind words. This is such a crucial forerunner to everything else Augustine produced. City of God makes such more sense from Augustine’s unique perspective here, and even the sermons resonate to a deeper level. Is there a particular book within the Confessions that you find yourself returning to? Cheers, Jack
Having recently read the Gerson translation of Plotinus' Enneads, you've convinced me to read The Confessions for my next religious nonfiction work. Cool vid. Thanks!
Wow, it’s rare to find someone who has finished the Enneads! I hope you enjoy the Confessions. You’ll find many parallels and developments. Cheers, Jack
Great commentary, Jack! Even outside of the Christian world, this is one of the deepest works of philosophy in human history. Mind-boggling that it pre-dates the sack of Rome! p.s. about a year ago I published a discussion about this book with Jordan and Dario. p.s.2 : to your point, yes, it is a work that is still converting people in our days.
I’ll have to look that one up, Tom, thanks. This is a magnificent work that I have returned to a few times. It’s astonishing how subtle Augustine’s mind was. Are there particular passages you return to more frequently? Cheers, Jack
@@ramblingraconteur1616 I find the first 1/3 of the book magnificent. His brain was magnificent. From the spiritual standpoint, most of his homilies and commentaries are just as powerful as “The Confessions”, and the modern breviary is including many passages by him.
Book Ten is the key to the whole (13 books) and it contains his treatment of the work's central concept, MEMORY...because memory is the place where he meets God and others- and himself. For Augustine memory is the analogue in humans of God the father,the CREATING diety. see Gary Willis later dude
My grandpa wore this same shirt to dinner with me tonight.
“the past is always driven on by the future, the future always follows on the heels of the past, and both the past and future have their beginning and their end in the eternal present.”
I have only dabbled in Augustine's famous 'Confessions', my interest residing mainly in the work's historical and autobiographical value, but your presentation gives persuasive evidence of the text's significant philosophical value and metaphysical curiosity. My antipathy to the religion embraced and explored by Augustine is a major stumbling block for me (the incessant guilt and self-torment for simply being human), but I don't doubt that reading his writings more deeply would be rewarding in itself.
Great video. The original tell-all memoir. A favorite work of mine and an excellent primer for Augustine’s other works.
Thanks for the kind words. This is such a crucial forerunner to everything else Augustine produced. City of God makes such more sense from Augustine’s unique perspective here, and even the sermons resonate to a deeper level. Is there a particular book within the Confessions that you find yourself returning to?
Cheers, Jack
@@ramblingraconteur1616 Book 2 (pear tree) is hard to beat and book 11 as well is so out of the box for most theologians. Love it.
Having recently read the Gerson translation of Plotinus' Enneads, you've convinced me to read The Confessions for my next religious nonfiction work. Cool vid. Thanks!
Wow, it’s rare to find someone who has finished the Enneads! I hope you enjoy the Confessions. You’ll find many parallels and developments.
Cheers, Jack
Great commentary, Jack! Even outside of the Christian world, this is one of the deepest works of philosophy in human history. Mind-boggling that it pre-dates the sack of Rome! p.s. about a year ago I published a discussion about this book with Jordan and Dario.
p.s.2 : to your point, yes, it is a work that is still converting people in our days.
I’ll have to look that one up, Tom, thanks. This is a magnificent work that I have returned to a few times. It’s astonishing how subtle Augustine’s mind was. Are there particular passages you return to more frequently?
Cheers, Jack
@@ramblingraconteur1616 I find the first 1/3 of the book magnificent. His brain was magnificent. From the spiritual standpoint, most of his homilies and commentaries are just as powerful as “The Confessions”, and the modern breviary is including many passages by him.
His commentaries on the Psalms are incredible.
Book Ten is the key to the whole (13 books) and it contains his treatment of the work's central concept, MEMORY...because memory is the place where he meets God and others- and himself.
For Augustine memory is the analogue in humans of God the father,the CREATING diety.
see Gary Willis
later dude