Augustine's Confessions
Philosophy in Autobiography
Edited by William E. Mann
Reviews and Awards
"...overall they present a useful companion to a deeper reading of this most fascinating book... Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates and above; general readers." --Choice
"This is an unusually philosophical - thus very welcome - book about the Confessions...overall Mann has edited a spicy mixed bag, with a few lows and some exhilarating highs." --Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online
"...analytic philosophers might find this volume helpful...If this volume leads philosophers to a greater understanding of Augustine, and perhaps to further reading of Augustine himself and the wealth of scholarship dedicated to him, it will be a successful work indeed." -- The Review of Metaphysics
"Many would insist that whatever speculation Augustine engaged in, it was solely as a theologian. Yet each of the authors in this superb volume approaches Augustine in the context of the philosophy of the late Roman world, especially Neoplatonic philosophy. Their success in showing how the themes of the Confessions resonate with the language of philosophers of the time - Plotinus chief among them - and wrestle with many of the same issues vindicates Mann's claim. Anyone interested in understanding the Confessions will have to confront these eight essays and ponder their philosophical analysis of Augustine's thought." -- Journal of the History of Philosophy