PHIL1070 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Pylades, Manichaeism
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Augustine"s confessions is a spiritual autobiography that describes the saint"s life and suffering, focusing on his spiritual development and conversion to. Augustine is in a conflicted state of mind where he desires the truth and wants to approach god but continues to act sinfully. He narrates how he studied liberal arts or manicheism and explains that he led a public and private life based on deception. Deep down he recognized that this was inglorious. He describes how he was a teacher of rhetorics and was driven by his aspirations committing sinful actions such as treating trickery. He mentions how he shares his life with a woman he has an unwanted child with. Although he was faithful to her, their relationship was driven by mutual pleasure and not real love. He begins to see the sin in his life and his consciousness is unrested. He identifies astrology to be contrary to christianity but still practices it.
