HUM 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Late Antiquity, Eunuchus, Aeneid
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Analysis of augustine"s childhood from infancy to his days as a schoolboy. Opens book by asking how to seek god but not knowing where he is to start with. Augustine considers what a sin is during his infancy stage. He regret that he was taught to speak and write for corrupt purposes. I must now carry my thoughts back to the abominable things i did in those days, the sins of the flesh which defiled my soul . The memory is bitter, but it will help me to savour your sweetness, the sweetness that does not deceive but brings real joy and never fails . Talks about the most sinful period in this life. Two significant sins fornification and the stealing of pears. Augustine matches each sinful desire with a desire to be like god. What augustine remembered in the confessions was his inner life .
