/lit/ - Literature

>>14431133
Augustine's "Confessions". The essential young-person-in-their-20's-getting-their-shit-together book. Good luck.

Re-imagine this in a 21st century setting.

Thank you Algeria :)

What was this guys problem?

What a fucking bitch

The part where he talks about the stupid stuff he did in his youth, such as stealing baskets full of pears to throw to pigs, purely to test boundaries and do the opposite of expectations is so relatable. My mind flooded with the idiotic shit I did as a young teen upon reading this section, things to idiotic I won't even mention them out of embarrassment.

what book is like lit but not his but kinda is
ex: confessions is something his would recommend if they were lit

You forget that Augustine wrote in Algeria

This book made me unironically believe in God

honest question /lit/, at what age did you start growing out of atheism?

for me it was when I was 19 and read St. Augustine's Confessions which got me into Plato and eventually like 2-3 years later I read Timaeus

What are your thoughts on Confessions? I'm planning to go through Augustine's major works, such as Confessions and, afterwards, City of God.
I'm preparing myself reading The Bible beforehand, but which books are essential before diving into his Confessions? Also, which Plato's dialogues are interesting to have a grasp before reading Augustine?

the crown jewel of blogcore

Oh my god how can you recommend this piece of shit to me?!?!?? It's fucking unreadable, oh God this, Oh God that oh my God you're so great God I love you blah blah blah fuck

>>10564422
threw this piece of garbage in the trash and soon as i was done reading it

>>10293212
I read this book and it made me realise just how much of of a psedeo-intellectual Richard Dawkins Is in comparison

I'm a few chapters into Confessions (Pusey translation), and I have to say, I've never read anything like it; perhaps the translator is particularly skillful, or perhaps Augustine's style is somewhat palpable in the English, but I have never enjoyed prose reading so much (obviously I'm not very well-read, but bear with me) – the only thing that comes close for me so far is the Somnium Scipionis, which I read in Latin a few years back, and found particularly beautiful. That said, my Latin is not good enough to read the original Confessions, so I was hoping there would be some other anons who have done so already that would care to comment on the experience.

>also, did anyone else feel such enjoyment reading Confessions? I feel like I may be a sucker for divinity, but there just seems to be something about this work, about the translation. Any similar recommendations?

>also general discussion on early christian writing is much appreciated, I'm making this post to learn

Timothy
Jason
Joshua

Confessions

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