Confessions (Penguin Classics)
‘As a youth … I had prayed to you for chastity and said “Give me chastity and continence, but not yetâ€â€™ The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting faiths and worldviews. His Confessions, written when he was in his forties, recount how, slowly and painfully, he c More »