The first great autobiography in Western literature — Augustine traces his restless journey from youthful sin through Manichaeism and Neoplatonism to his conversion to Christianity, weaving memoir with philosophical reflection on time, memory, and the nature of the self.
13 chapters · Public domain
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Book I — Infancy and Childhood
~35 min · 17 pages
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Book II — Adolescence and the Stolen Pears
~19 min · 10 pages
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Book III — Carthage and the Manicheans
~27 min · 14 pages
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Book IV — Nine Years Among the Manicheans
~35 min · 17 pages
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Book V — Faustus, Rome, and Milan
~33 min · 16 pages
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Book VI — Milan and the Search for Truth
~39 min · 19 pages
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Book VII — Neoplatonism and the Nature of Evil
~42 min · 22 pages
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Book VIII — The Conversion in the Garden
~41 min · 20 pages
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Book IX — Baptism and the Death of Monica
~44 min · 22 pages
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Book X — Memory and the Present Self
~82 min · 42 pages
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Book XI — Time and Eternity
~48 min · 23 pages
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Book XII — Heaven, Earth, and Scripture
~51 min · 25 pages
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Book XIII — The Six Days of Creation
~63 min · 32 pages
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