Book I.
Commencing with the invocation of God, Augustin relates in detail the beginning of his life, his infancy and boyhood, up to his fifteenth year; at which age he acknowledges that he was more inclined to all youthful pleasures and vices than to the study of letters.
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| Einleitung in die Confessiones | |
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| The Opinion of St. Augustin Concerning His Confessions, as Embodied in His Retractations, II. 6 | |
| Translator's Preface - Confessions |
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