I read De Musica for a medieval music class. My first impression? Augustine sure knew how to bore his readers. While Confessions and many of his other works are (at least somewhat) theologically sound, De Musica rambles on about the numerical importance of rhythm in music. Augustine constructs an el...
Up to four stars now. Augustine was a cool dude. His views on music were sorta dumb but everyone's allowed to say one stupid thing in their lives, I suppose.
While not exactly the easiest or funnest thing to read. Augustine's work is important to the history of Christian teaching. He looks at the theology behind teaching and then examines various aspects of study and eloquent speech.
Read for Western Civilizations 101 in college. I was the only person in my section to choose this book instead of Satyricon, which I think annoyed my T.A. a bit, especially when I tried to argue that Augustine pretty clearly had an Oedipal complex.TA: There was no such thing as an Oedipal complex ba...
I may not agree with the man's theology but anyone interested in early Christian thought and the revolution in mental attitudes Augustine represents needs to read him.
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