Confessions (Augustine)

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gptkbp:instanceOf autobiography
gptkbp:author gptkb:Augustine_of_Hippo
gptkbp:book 13
gptkbp:contains prayers
meditations
autobiographical narrative
philosophical reflections
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Roman_North_Africa
gptkbp:dateWritten c. 397–400 AD
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:deity
gptkbp:firstPublished 5th century
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Christian_literature
autobiography
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Confessions (Augustine)
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:theology
Western literature
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
gptkb:Neoplatonism
gptkbp:mainTheme gptkb:time_zone
memory
grace
search for truth
sin and redemption
gptkbp:notableFor spiritual autobiography
theological reflection
"You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you."
gptkbp:originalLanguage gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Roman_Empire
gptkbp:significance major work of Christian philosophy
one of the earliest autobiographies
gptkbp:structure 13 books
gptkbp:subject gptkb:philosophy
conversion to Christianity
Augustine's life
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:French
gptkb:German
English
many languages
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Late_Latin
gptkb:Late_Antiquity_Christianity
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6