Great Books II Study Questions for Assignment 30
Augustine

Augustine,Confessions, Books 6-9
    ASSIGNMENT

    a) Read Augustine's Confessions

    STUDY QUESTIONS:

    Book 6

  1. Chapters 1-2 what influence did Ambrose have on Monica?


  2. Chapter 5 How did A. overcome his demand that everything be proved?


  3. Chapter 15 What was A.'s relationship to his mistress and what happened to them?


  4. Chapter 16 What kept A from following Epicureanism?


    5. Book 7

  5. Chapter 20 What did A. learn from the Platonists?


  6. Chapter 20 Why is he glad he read the Platonists before studying the Scriptures?


  7. Chapter 20-21 What do the Scriptures contain that the Platonists do not?


    8. Book 8

  8. Chapters 5 and 7 How did the stories of the conversions of Victorinus and Antony affect A.?


  9. Chapter 11 comparison with Lewis, "The Great Divorce"


  10. Chapter 12 How was A. finally pushed over the edge and converted? What was the effect on his mother when she heard?


    11. Book 9

  11. Chapter 2 What did A. do with his career?


  12. Chapter 9 What influence did Monica have on her husband and his mother?


  13. Chapter 11 What was Monica's last request of A.?


  14. Chapter 13 How was that request granted?

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