The Augustinian Tradition - UCAL POD

Augustine, Probably The Single Thinker Who Did The Most To Christianize The Classical Learning Of Ancient Greece And Rome, Exerted A Remarkable Influence On Medieval And Modern Thought, And He Speaks Forcefully And Directly To Twentieth-century Readers As Well. The Most Widely Read Of His Writings Today Are, No Doubt, His Confessions-the First Significant Autobiography In World Literature-and The City Of God. The Preoccupations Of Those Two Works, Like Those Of Augustines Less Well-known Writings, Include Self-examination, Human Motivation, Dreams, Skepticism, Language, Time, War, And History-topics That Still Fascinate And Perplex Us 1,600 Years Later.the Augustinian Tradition, Like A Number Of Recent Single-authored Books, Expresses A Interest Among Contemporary Philosophers In Interpreting Augustine Freshly For Readers Today.