Augustine of Hippo
Subtitle: faithful servant, spiritual leader
By: Thomas F. Martin, Allan D. Fitzgerald
Contributors: Fitzgerald, Allan
Series: The library of world biography
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9780205568314
Subjects: Christian saints; Biography
Description: This concise biography introduces readers to Augustine of Hippo through his own writings, in which he dedicates an enormous amount of energy seeking to understand himself and exploring human nature. Augustines writings place the self at center stage and prize introspection and reflection as ways to come to appreciate that self. His emphasis on interiority has had a profound impact upon the West, leading commentators to attribute to Augustine to creation of The "Western self" --Book Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.