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Augustine's Love of Wisdom

An Introspective Philosophy
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Augustine's Love of Wisdom is an analytical and interpretive focus on the first thirty chapters of book ten of Augustine's autobiographical Confessions. Bourke provides a rich synthesis of key tenets of Augustine's psychology in the context of his philosophical system and selects the most intensive writing of Augustine on the intricacies of the human psyche, providing the reader with insight on an Augustinian explanatory method, introspection. The first part of Augustine's Love of Wisdom establishes the context of Augustine's writings with a biographical sketch of Augustine from his early life and career and an exploration of his background and methodology. Part 2 provides the reader with the original Latin and an English translation of the first thirty chapters of book ten of the Confessions. Part 3 is Bourke's analysis and commentary of these chapters.
Vernon J. Bourke is the author of a dozen books, including The Essential Augustine, Wisdom from St. Augustine, and Augustine's Quest of Wisdom.
All told, Professor Bourke has contributed a fine and solidpiece of scholarly work to Purdue University's new series."-The Modern Schoolman
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