St Augustine: Confessions. Translated by Benignus O’Rourke
As an adult, it is exceptionally difficult to reach back and remember what it felt like to be young. I don’t mean to remember the events or the peripeties of one’s youth: that is not so difficult, and diaries help. And I don’t mean, either, the psychological retrieval of early ‘episodes’. I mean to...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2014
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2014, Volume: 65, Issue: 1, Pages: 306-309 |
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| Summary: | As an adult, it is exceptionally difficult to reach back and remember what it felt like to be young. I don’t mean to remember the events or the peripeties of one’s youth: that is not so difficult, and diaries help. And I don’t mean, either, the psychological retrieval of early ‘episodes’. I mean to go back and actually re-inhabit the eyes of one’s youthful seeing—to relive again the ironies and inconsistencies that can really wring the hearts of children., Augustine is one of the few major Western thinkers (more remarkable that he was an ancient!) who made it his urgent business to do this. Just take this example from Confessions i.18. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flu011 |