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.
Marks Augustine's conversion from skepticism to Christian Platonism — arguing that certainty is possible both philosophically (through inner illumination) and spiritually (through faith) — and represents the first philosophical work of the greatest Western theologian.
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