Harvard Classics Volume Confessions Augustine by Charles Eliot Editor (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.9.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. P.F. Collier & Sons, New York. 1910. Hardcover. Renaissance Edition. "Dr. Eliot's Five-Foot Shelf of Books Volume 7". Sets were printed from 1910 to 1919. Retired small town library copy. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for an antique pocket on the front pastedown and a library bookplate on the rear pastedown. Book Condition: Very Good; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; tarnished gilt lettering on the spine; index label on spine. No DJ. Red cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering and rules on the spine; gilt, cream, and green designs on the front board. Red bibbed endpapers; gilt textblock top; internal hinges are sound and not split. 379 pp 8vo. Written between 397 and 400 A.D., "The Confessions of Saint Augustine" is thought to be the first autobiography in Western civilization and is considered by many to be one of the most important religious works of all time. It is one of the most complete first-hand accounts of anyone's life from the fourth or fifth century, in which the author outlines the sins of his youth and conversion to Christianity. It tells of the author's upbringing in Algeria, his place at the Imperial court of Milan, his struggle to overcome his sexual desires, and the ultimate dedication of his life to Christ and Christian ways. The Confessions; "He that follows Me shall not walk in darkness," says the Lord. These are the words of Christ, by which we are reminded that we must copy His life and conduct if we wish to be truly enlightened and to be delivered from all blindness of heart. To meditate on the life of Jesus should therefore be our chief study. Thus is the gist of the four volumes of the original text. A clean very presentable copy.