Please visit https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/1467 to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: St. Augustine in 90 Minutes Author: Paul Strathern Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 13 mins Language: English Release date: 07-08-05 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 42 votes Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity Publisher's Summary: Augustine's struggles with sex and a domineering mother, followed by his spiritual crisis and conversion to Christianity, detailed in his Confessions, ultimately led him to his major contribution to philosophy: the fusion of the two doctrines of Christianity and Neoplatonism. This not only provided Christianity with a strong intellectual backing but tied it to the Greek tradition of philosophy. In this way Christianity managed to keep the flame of philosophy burning, however dimly, through the Dark Ages. Augustine also produced important philosophic ideas of his own, including theories of time and subjective knowledge that anticipated by many centuries the work of Kant and Descartes. In St. Augustine in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of St. Augustine's life and ideas and explains their influence on man's struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book also includes selections from St. Augustine's work, a brief list of suggested readings for those who wish to delve deeper, and chronologies that place St. Augustine within his own age and in the broader scheme of philosophy. Critic Reviews: "Well-written, clear, and informed, they have a breezy wit about them. I find them hard to stop reading." (The New York Times)
