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== Books ==

== Books ==

Augustine's writing is hailed as marking the beginning of the modern literary tradition, with its self-critical and deeply analytical subjects.  His most noted works are listed below.

Augustine's writing is hailed as marking the beginning of the modern literary tradition, with its self-critical and deeply analytical subjects.  He wrote 252 books and several of his most noteworthy are as follows:

# '''''[[Confessions]]''''', describing Augustine's travels from a member of the [[polytheistic]] Roman intelligentsia to a devoted Christian.  Augustine examines his own personal failings in life, from his love life to his own moral shortcomings, before rejoicing in his [[salvation]] through Christ, which he struggled to attain, leading to a climactic [[epiphany]] resulting in his conversion.  It is the first book to deeply consider the inner workings of the author's mind. ''Confessions''' 13 volumes total about 115,000 words, or about 7 3/4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

# '''''[[Confessions]]''''', describing Augustine's travels from a member of the [[polytheistic]] Roman intelligentsia to a devoted Christian.  Augustine examines his own personal failings in life, from his love life to his own moral shortcomings, before rejoicing in his [[salvation]] through Christ, which he struggled to attain, leading to a climactic [[epiphany]] resulting in his conversion.  It is the first book to deeply consider the inner workings of the author's mind. ''Confessions''' 13 volumes total about 115,000 words, or about 7 3/4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

#'''''City of God''''' (''De Civitate Dei''), written in the aftermath of the sack of [[Rome]] by [[Alaric the Visigoth]], Augustine wrote ''City of God'' to answer the question of the day - if Rome had been the City of God, and now it had fallen, what's to become of [[Christianity]]?  So central was the safety of Rome to all philosophies, that this was a concern at the time.  Augustine dispels the fears of Christians in this work by reminding them that the true City of God (in the minds of the faithful) is ever-present, and can never be destroyed.

#'''''City of God''''' (''De Civitate Dei''), written in the aftermath of the sack of [[Rome]] by [[Alaric the Visigoth]], Augustine wrote ''City of God'' to answer the question of the day - if Rome had been the City of God, and now it had fallen, what's to become of [[Christianity]]?  So central was the safety of Rome to all philosophies, that this was a concern at the time.  Augustine dispels the fears of Christians in this work by reminding them that the true City of God (in the minds of the faithful) is ever-present, and can never be destroyed.