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a[Wills] renders Augustineas famous and influential text in direct language with all the spirited wordplay and poetic strength intact.a
a"Los Angeles Times"
a[Willsas] translations . . . are meant to bring Augustine straight into our own minds; and they succeed. Well-known passages, over which my eyes have often gazed, spring to life again from Willsas pages.a
aPeter Brown, "The New York Review of Books"
aAugustine flourishes in Willsas hand.a
aJames Wood
aA masterful synthesis of classical philosophy and scriptural erudition.a
a"Chicago Tribune"

"[Wills] renders Augustine''s famous and influential text in direct language with all the spirited wordplay and poetic strength intact."
-"Los Angeles Times"

"[Wills''s] translations . . . are meant to bring Augustine straight into our own minds; and they succeed. Well-known passages, over which my eyes have often gazed, spring to life again from Wills''s pages."
-Peter Brown, "The New York Review of Books"

"Augustine flourishes in Wills''s hand."
-James Wood

"A masterful synthesis of classical philosophy and scriptural erudition."
-"Chicago Tribune"
"[Wills] renders Augustine s famous and influential text in direct language with all the spirited wordplay and poetic strength intact." Los Angeles Times

"[Wills s] translations . . . are meant to bring Augustine straight into our own minds; and they succeed. Well-known passages, over which my eyes have often gazed, spring to life again from Wills s pages." Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books

"Augustine flourishes in Wills s hand." James Wood

"A masterful synthesis of classical philosophy and scriptural erudition." Chicago Tribune

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"[Wills] renders Augustine's famous and influential text in direct language with all the spirited wordplay and poetic strength intact." --Los Angeles Times

"[Wills's] translations . . . are meant to bring Augustine straight into our own minds; and they succeed. Well-known passages, over which my eyes have often gazed, spring to life again from Wills's pages." --Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books

"Augustine flourishes in Wills's hand." --James Wood

"A masterful synthesis of classical philosophy and scriptural erudition." --Chicago Tribune

About the Author:
Augustine was born in AD 354. He lived a wild, self-destructive life as a young man in Italy and was the subject of many prayers by his worried mother, Monica. After a life-changing conversion, he lived on to become a tremendous influence on Christian thinking. He died in AD 430.

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  • PublisherKessinger Publishing
  • Publication date2010
  • ISBN 10 1162576022
  • ISBN 13 9781162576022
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages378
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