Author : Louis Bertrand
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780364232163
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (321 download)
Book Synopsis Saint Augustin (Classic Reprint) by : Louis Bertrand
Download or read book Saint Augustin (Classic Reprint) written by Louis Bertrand and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-09 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Saint Augustin It must be acknowledged also that the very sight of his works is terrifying, whether we take the enormous folios in two columns of the Benedictine edition, or the volumes, almost as compact, and much more numerous, of recent editions. Behind such a rampart of printed matter he is well defended against profane curiosity. It needs courage and perseverance to penetrate into this labyrinth of text, all bristling with theology and exegesis and metaphysics. But only cross the threshold of the repellent enclosure, grow used to the order and shape of the building, and it will not be long ere you are overcome by a warm sympathy, and then by a steadily increasing admiration for the host who dwells there. The hieratic face of the old bishop lights up, becomes strangely living, almost modern, in ex pression. You discover under the text one of the most passionate lives, most busy and richest in instruction, that history has to shew. What it teaches is applicable to ourselves, answers to our interests of yesterday and to-day. This existence, and the century in which it was passed, recall our own century and ourselves. The return of similar circumstances has brought similar situations and characters it is almost our portrait. And we feel half ready to conclude that at the present moment there is no subject more actual than St. Augustin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.