Medieval & Modern Philosophy · Faith & reason
Augustine
The North African bishop who fused Plato and Christianity: a restless youth and conversion, the Confessions as the first great autobiography, time and memory, evil as absence of good, grace and original sin, and the City of God written after Rome fell.
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Key idea
Prereqs: Plato; The Roman Empire. Next: Avicenna & Averroes; Aquinas. Sources: Augustine, *Confessions* (c. 397–400) and *City of God* (413–426); Peter Brown, *Augustine of Hippo* (1967); Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.Next: 1. Life