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Soliloquies of Augustine

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The Soliloquies of Augustine is a two-book document written in 386–387 AD[1] by the Christian theologian Augustine of Hippo.[2]

The book has the form of an "inner dialogue" in which questions are posed, discussions take place and answers are provided, leading to self-knowledge.[3] The first book begins with an inner dialogue which seeks to know a soul. In the second book it becomes clear that the soul Augustine wants to get to know is his own.[4]

A translation of the first half of the Soliloquies into Old English is attributed to Alfred the Great, where it is known as the Blostman ('bloom') or Anthology.

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  1. ^ Watson, G. (1990). Augustine: Soliloquies and Immortality of the Soul. Aris & Phillips. p. iv. ISBN 978-0-85668-506-4.
  2. ^ Soliloquies: Augustine's Inner Dialogue by Boniface Ramsey 2000 ISBN 978-1-56548-142-8 page 1
  3. ^ Augustine's Inner Dialogue: The Philosophical Soliloquy in Late Antiquity by Brian Stock 2010 ISBN 978-0-521-19031-2 page 6
  4. ^ The Cambridge companion to Augustine by Eleonore Stump, Norman Kretzmann 2001 ISBN 0-521-65985-X page 76
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