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Intellect And Will In Augustine's Confessions, Dan D. Crawford
Intellect And Will In Augustine's Confessions, Dan D. Crawford
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Augustine tells us in the Confessions that his reading of Cicero's Hortensius at the age of nineteen aroused in him a burning 'passion for the wisdom of eternal truth'. He was inspired 'to love wisdom itself, whatever it might be, and to search for it, pursue it, hold it, and embrace it firmly'. And thus he embarked on his arduous journey to the truth, which was at the same time a conversion to Catholic Christianity, and which culminated twelve years later in his experience in the garden in Milan.
In the first part of this paper I will trace Augustine's …