Let Me Know Myself...: Reflections on the Prayer of Augustine
Can we ever truly know ourselves? That is the question at the heart of this small book that tries to make sense of day-to-day existence. Like Augustine, Burt believes the search for God must begin with self-discovery, and these brief essays reflect on the inward journey toward the core of one's being. As he progresses, Burt examines Augustine's life and inner conflicts, finding much common ground between the attitude of the young Augustine, who was more interested in the outer world and its various pleasures, and the often shallow concerns of secular society today. Self-discovery, Burt says, can be a humbling and exhausting experience. He also inspects such matters as desire, avarice, and ambition through the prism of Augustinian thought, and through self-analysis and spiritual meditation arrives at his own conclusions, proving that self-reflection can be a harrowing but necessary endeavor if we wish truly to know ourselves.June SawyersCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved