On Free Choice of the Will

Saint, Augustine

Religion & Spirituality

Pearson

The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting faiths and world views. His Confessions, written when he was in his forties, recount how, slowly and painfully, he came to turn away from his youthful ideas and licentious lifestyle, to become instead a staunch advocate of Christianity and one of its most influential thinkers. A remarkably honest and revealing spiritual autobiography, the Confessions also address fundamental issues of Christian doctrine, and many of the prayers and meditations it includes are still an integral part of the practice of Christianity today. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Confessions (Penguin Classics)

Penguin Classics

Sancti Aurelii Augustini Hipponensis Episcopi Opera Omnia, Vol. 7: Post Lovaniensium Theologorum Recensionem, Castigata Benuo Ad Manuscriptos Codices ... Opera Et Studio, M (Latin Edition)

Bishop Of Hippo

Forgotten Books

Les Confessions de Saint Augustin (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Les Confessions de Saint AugustinL'ayant examinée avec attention, il nous semble, au contraire, qu'il ne s'en peut guère imaginer de plus défectueuse. L'abbé Dubois était du nombre de ces traducteurs qui se persuadent que le génie de la langue française dif fère à un tel point de celui des langues anciennes, qu'il n'y a d'autre moyen de le conserver dans une traduction que de dénaturer entièrement ce qu'on traduit c'est - à-dire d'y bouleverser à tous moments l'ordre des idées, d'af faiblir la vivacité des tours et des expressions, d'effacer les images et les comparaisons dont la hardiesse ou l'énergie choque je ne sais quelle idée qu'ils se sont faite d'un langage délicat, de n'oser lutter contre la précision ou la naïveté du texte, enfin de tout éteindre dans une paraphrase languis sante, où l'on ne trouve plus qu'une pâle et fade 00pie, ou, pour mieux dire, qu'une ombre de l'ouvrage original. C'est d'après ce principe qu'il a tra duit les confessions de saint Augustin, assez malheureux encore pour n'avoir pu, dans cette affectation d'élégance française qu'il s'efforce de don ner à sa manière d'écrire, éviter de tomber, et même assez souvent, dans de grandes trivialités. Sous tous les rapports, la vieille traduction d'arnaud d'andilly, qui suit le texte plus fidèlement et avec plus de simplicité, nous semble de beaucoup préférable à la sienne, et nous l'avons plus d'une fois consultée avec fruit.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Les Confessions de Saint Augustin (Classic Reprint) (French Edition)

Biographies & Memoirs

The Confessions of Saint Augustine

FRANKLIN LIBRARY

You made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it finds rest in you. St. Augustine was a towering figure in his own time, and remains the greatest of the fathers of the church. His Confessions are an autobiographical work, recalling crucial events in his life: his mid-4th century boyhood in rural Algeria, the rise to a lavish lifestyle at the imperial court in Milan, his struggle with sexual desires, and his conversion to Christianity. It has become one of the greatest of the Christian classics, revealing an individual in the joys and agonies of life lived to the full in search of truth.

The Confessions of Saint Augustine (Hodder Classics)

Leaders & Notable People

Hodder&Stoughton

The City of God

St. Augustine's masterpiece is an interpretation of history in terms of the struggle between good and evil: the City of God in conflict with the City of the Devil. Abridged for the modern reader. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Christian Books & Bibles

Theology

Modern Library

Les confessions de Saint Augustin Aurèle, évêque d'Hippone: Text latin et français. Traduction de M. Léonce de Saporta (French Edition)

Adamant Media Corporation

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Bobbs-Merrill

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