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Confessions (by Augustine)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Confessions_(by_Augustine)
GPTKB entity
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Object
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
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gptkb:Saint_Alypius_of_Thagaste
gptkb:Christian_Neoplatonism
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