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"It is assuredly a great book,
one of the greatest indeed. ,
"By' cOmmon consent the work known as the Confessions of St.
Augustine has a special place among the world's great books.
Autobiographical in character, it is not an attempt to tell the
Story of all the years of the writer's life, least of all of the out-
ward events of those years. But no writer ever went deeper into
his own character and deeds, passed keener judgments upon
himself, or revealed himself more fully and more humbly to
others.... His book is not only a most penetrating psychological
study and a unique document for understanding the spiritual
and ascetical life, but it is also a storehouse of thought for the
philosopher and the theologian, and for others as well.
"Because of such things it is not to be wondered that this
unique book should immediately have found many readers and
that more than 1500 years after its publication it still attracts
countless readers and affects them deeply. It is assuredly a great
book, one of the greatest indeed, great in its authorship, great
in its diverse but unified subject matter, great in the form into
which that subject matter has been cast, great in the end of
which it was written, and great in the good effects that it has
unfailingly produced.. To become familiar with St. Augus-
tine's Confessions is to make one's own, to some extent at least,
an inexhaustible source of intellectual stimulation, of esthetic
delight, of moral help, and of spiritual enlightenment."
— Translator's Introduction
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