Augustine confessions and Relationships in Life
Discuss 2-3 relationships in Augustine’s life as described in the Confessions, and argue whether Augustine believes these relationships led him towards God, away from God, or a bit of both. Relationships to consider include his parents (especially Monica), his friends, and religious leaders (such as Faustus or Ambrose). Augustine’s sense of self is his relation to God, both in his recognition of God’s love and his response to it—achieved through self-presentation, then self-realization. Augustine believed one could not achieve inner peace without finding God’s love. A striking thing about Augustine’s Confessions is how relevant it is to many aspects of modern or contemporary thought, and the view of the self is one of these.
