忏悔录-西方人文经典读本-英文版 本书特色
古罗马世界的圣师、哲人圣奥古斯r写作r西方**部自传《忏悔录》，其人其书既以自由意志、原罪、神恩等学说在罗马教廷及东正教各民族影响至深至巨，同时因其结藻清英，流韵绮靡启迪了后世无数的散文作家，与法国卢梭和俄国托尔斯泰的《忏悔录》并称“世界三大忏悔录”，名列中西各国文学史的必读书目。
圣奥古斯丁出生于北非的柏柏尔人家庭，早年习雄辩术，才华横溢，生活放浪不拘。三十岁之后才皈依圣主，剀切地剖析、暴露、鞭挞早年的种种秽迹、恶德，一心向善。作者对母亲莫妮卡及爱师安波罗修的追忆真切感人，一向为人所称道；近世笛卡尔的“我思”亦由圣奥古斯丁发展而来，而11卷中的时间论清晰地勾勒出人与神的存在方式，这又是当代哲学探讨的一个中心问题。
忏悔录-西方人文经典读本-英文版 内容简介
the confessions， written between ad 397 and ad 398， outlines
augustine's sinful youth and his conversion to christianity. it is
widely seen as the first
western autobiography ever written， and was an infiuential model
for christian writers throughout the following 1000 years of the
middle ages.
in the work st. augustine wfites about how much he regrets having
led a sinful and immoral life. he discusses his regrets for
following the manichaean religion and believing in astrology， he
shows intense sorrow for his sexual sins， and writes on the
importance of sexual morality.
忏悔录-西方人文经典读本-英文版 目录
book i
bookii
book iii
book iv
book v
book vi
book vii
book viii
bookix
book x
book xi
book xii
book xhi
忏悔录-西方人文经典读本-英文版 作者简介
AUGUSTINE of Hippo （354-430）， also known as Augustine， St.
Augustine， was a Latin-speaking philosopher and theologian who
lived in the Roman Africa Province. His writings were very
influential in the development of Western Christianity.
Augustine was one of the most prolific Latin authors in terms of
surviving works， and the list of his works consists of more than a
hundred separate titles. Apart from those， Augustine is probably
best known for his Confessions， which is a personal account of his
earlier life， and for De civitate dei （Of the City of God，
consisting of 22 books）， which he wrote to restore the confidence
of his fellow Christians， which was badly shaken by the sack of
Rome by the Visigoths in 4io.
