Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Catholic University Bulletin, Vol. 18: January, 1912
One phase of his genius, however, is a matter of unanimity among historians. His influence has been unique and perennial. He was the great, indeed, the only teacher, of Latin Christianity in its higher problems for eight hundred years. And even after the influence of other great teachers was established, after Thomas of Aquin had come to be the acknowledged master in the schools, after Aristotelianism had supplanted Platonism in the seats of learning, outside the schools, in the non-academic world, Augustine still taught and still teaches in simple, un technical language, in the fervid eloquence that flows from heart to heart, the lessons of Christian piety. We go to other teachers for our theology and our technical philosophy, although to him those other teachers owe much of what they have to give; but to him directly we go for inspiration, consolation and spiritual enlightenment. If scholastic theology leaves the heart cold and the philosophy of the schools fails to solve the problems of life, there is in St. Augustine a source of spiritual warmth and a wealth of ethical inspiration on which the world will always draw as long as it appreciates the Christian view of life and the Christian way of living. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
