Philosophy

Confessiones

by Augustine

Augustine tells God the story of his life: a stolen pear, a mistress, a son, a long search through philosophy and a child’s voice in a Milan garden saying “take up and read”. It is often called the first autobiography. “Give me chastity and continence, but not yet” is his.

The librarian

Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain text

Reading time

About 9 hours

Where to find it

The Latin Reading Room

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #33849. In the public domain in the United States.