Confessions (by Augustine)

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Christian_literature
autobiography
gptkbp:author gptkb:Augustine_of_Hippo
gptkbp:book10Subject memory
gptkbp:book11-13Subject interpretation of Genesis
gptkbp:book2Subject adolescence
gptkbp:book3Subject student years
gptkbp:book8Subject conversion
gptkbp:book9Subject baptism
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Roman_Empire
gptkbp:dateWritten circa 397–400 AD
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:deity
Monica (Augustine's mother)
gptkbp:genre gptkb:meditation
gptkb:prayer
gptkb:theology
autobiography
narrator
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Confessions (by Augustine)
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:theology
Western literature
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Christian_literature
gptkb:Cicero
gptkb:Neoplatonism
gptkb:Manichaeism
gptkbp:mainTheme memory
grace
search for truth
sin and redemption
relationship with God
gptkbp:notableFor spiritual autobiography
influence on Western Christianity
gptkbp:notableQuote You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.
gptkbp:openToPublic true
gptkbp:originalLanguage gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Italy
gptkb:North_Africa
gptkbp:significance first Western autobiography
major work of Christian philosophy
gptkbp:structure 13 books
gptkbp:subject gptkb:philosophy
childhood
conversion to Christianity
Augustine's life
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:French
gptkb:German
English
many other languages
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Saint_Alypius_of_Thagaste
gptkb:Christian_Neoplatonism
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7