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Kevin Bergdorf

Weekend reading

The weekend is a great time to make an ending (or a beginning) of reading book 1.


Book 1 naturally divides into three parts: a prelude, reflections on infancy, and school days.


Questions to guide your reading:


What impresses you about the prelude (1.1 – 5.6)?

As a modern reader, how do you interpret Augustine's discussion of the "sins of infancy"?

Is Augustine's confession about life as a schoolboy (8.13 – end) essentially positive or negative?


Feel free to comment here with reflections and/or questions as you read!


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The Vatican Vergil manuscript from about 400AD: an illustrated version of the Aeneid, a story Augustine knew by heart. Although an illustrated manuscript like this would never have been put into the hands of a child!





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Feb 13

I found some of Augustine's writing about infancy and childhood humorous. It brought to mind a Mark Twain speech about babies: Speech On The Babies

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