Book · 1997 · Biography & Autobiography
The Confessions
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The classic example which is Saint Augustine in the confessions one day he and his friends go into an orchard and they just start stealing the pears.
What they say about it
- Explores theological and philosophical ideas“what Augustine has to say about identity”2
- Reads as a favorite“bedtime reading right now”2
The best things said about it
Like Augustine, St. Augustine's confessions is a really wonderful example. It's my bedtime reading right now.
I thought I could go and read The Confessions and The Trinitate and The City of God and try and work out what Augustine has to say about identity.
Where and when it comes up
Most mentions, by podcast
6 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
The Confessions is a profound spiritual autobiography by Saint Augustine that chronicles his journey from a restless, hedonistic youth to a life of Christian faith. Jennifer Frey mentioned the work on Interesting Times as part of the core curriculum she established in the Honors College at the University of Tulsa. On How I Write, Tim Mackie brought up the book to illustrate how someone can have the Psalms deeply ingrained in their language and thoughts, noting it was his current bedtime reading. Jordan Peterson discussed the book on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast in a broader conversation on the apocalypse and structuring our apprehension of the eternal. Paul Bloom mentioned it on Modern Wisdom as a classic illustration of perverse desires, citing the famous anecdote of stealing pears for the sake of it. On the same podcast, Peter Kreeft discussed how deeply the text impacts students, while James Orr recounted a student attempting to study identity through Augustine's writings.
Every mention
James Orr i thought i could go and read the confessions and the trinitate and the city of god and and try and work ou… 1
“i thought i could go and read the confessions and the trinitate and the city of god and and try and work out what augustine has to say about identity”
Jennifer Frey And then, of course, you read some of the Bible, and then you go into long Middle Ages. And that’s basicall… 1
“And then, of course, you read some of the Bible, and then you go into long Middle Ages. And that’s basically Augustine to the Reformation. So we start with the confessions, and we go all the way into Luther and Calvin.”
Jordan Peterson The Book of Revelation, for example, are in part attempts to structure our apprehension of what you would c… 1
“The Book of Revelation, for example, are in part attempts to structure our apprehension of what you would call the eternal apocalypse and to also help us determine practically and politically how that might be at least staved off, although perhaps even managed more comprehensively.”
Paul Bloom the classic example which is Saint Augustine in the confessions one day he and his friends go into an orcha… 1
“the classic example which is Saint Augustine in the confessions one day he and his friends go into an orchard and they just start stealing the pears”
Peter Kreeft the same is true of Augustine's confessions 1
“the same is true of Augustine's confessions”
Tim Mackie like Augustine, St. Augustine's confessions is a really wonderful example. It's my bedtime reading right now. 1
“like Augustine, St. Augustine's confessions is a really wonderful example. It's my bedtime reading right now.”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“there's sorry about saying Augustine, the great, you know, Augustine author of the Confessions and all this.”
“The journey takes you through one of the great Christian works ever written, Augustine's Confessions, written more than 1600 years ago.”
“I have books I wrote about anger, and one addresses how to deal with angry people. It explains where anger comes from and how to manage it when interacting with others online or in person.”