The Confessions of St. Augustine Audiobook (Unabridged)

" i'm amazed how approachable this text was. there are definitely archaic references that go over my head, but overall, it's a compelling spiritual autobiography. "

" Out of curiosity, I read this book from the 4th century, St. Augustine's most famous writing. The reading was a bit tiring, due to its length and repetitiveness, but embedded in it were profound spiritual and philosophical ideas about the nature of God and of creation, including for example, an exploration by Augustine on the illusion of time and its transcendence by Eternity, which seems to mirror Buddhism's insight that there is only the eternal present moment. "

" I finally picked it up again after a lengthy hiatus. St. Augustine was a genius. His musings on time, memory, and signs are poetic, edifying, and fascinating. I don't know if I've ever read a book that communicates so powerfully what it would mean to have the sort of faith Augustine did. "

" Something about a pear tree and "Catholic guilt". "

" one of the first autobiographies. "

" A wonderful Christian classic, examine his life, but just glance at the doctrine. "

" I felt a bit like I was reading "philosophy for dummies," but I think it would have been very dense without the commentary, and tougher to find a thread to follow through the whole Memory without it. "

" I'm on my fourth read... "

" This is probably the best and most readable version of Augustine's "Confessions." "

" Remember when this cat was a Manichean? That was wild. "

" I love Augustine, and this is one of my favorites. "

" Reading the Penguin edition of this book was an artifact of my early college years. Probably worth revisiting. Recommended for all of us who have walked the tightrope between the sacred and the profane. "

" Very impacting book on my spiritual development and understanding of sanctification. "

" This is a fantastic translation as long as language is concerned. At any rate, the translator is a Pulitzer Price winner. I do not recommend it if you want to read the Confessions in an academic way, for this version only has a short introduction and no notes. "

" Not as doctrinal as his City of God, but an interesting insight into his mind. "

" Very interesting read. What struck me about this was that the struggles that Augustine faced are very similar to the struggles we have today. "

" What an awesome intellect! I just love the way that Augustine begins and ends his Confessions with the question of rest, and how we may find it, thereby unifying his 370 pages. His finding? 'Our heart is restless until it rests in you.' "

" A book that needs to be read several times at differnt points in life "

" I love this this book, it's the third time I've read it. "