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Against the Academics

Augustine's 386 CE philosophical dialogue written at Cassiciacum just after his conversion — arguing against Academic skepticism (the view that certain knowledge is impossible) — and representing the convergence of Platonism and Christianity that Augustine synthesized throughout his career.

philosophyaugustineskepticismearly christianity
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Confessions

Augustine's 397–400 CE autobiographical prayer — the first autobiography in the Western tradition — following his intellectual wanderings through Manichaeism and Neo-Platonism to Christian conversion, and exploring the psychology of sin, grace, and the restless heart.

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