He recalled that his college classes only covered Augustine's Confessions from the first millennium of Christianity.
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I know that when I went to college, the only thing that we talked about from that whole period was like Augustine's Confessions and maybe one other book or two.
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He recalled that his college classes only covered Augustine's Confessions from the first millennium of Christianity.
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I know that when I went to college, the only thing that we talked about from that whole period was like Augustine's Confessions and maybe one other book or two.
It was mentioned as a blockbuster book that hits students in the heart, not perfect but messy with some obscurity, but it feeds their unconscious hunger. Peter Kreeft mentioned that he's not an original philosopher, but rather a bridge builder and matchmaker, and that his students all asked if they could do journals instead of tests, because Augustine touched them that deeply.
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One of their favorite books is Boethius' Consolation to Philosophy. It's an utterly unoriginal book. It's a synthesis of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Stoic, the Guston and they find it astonishingl...
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It was mentioned as a blockbuster book that hits students in the heart, not perfect but messy with some obscurity, but it feeds their unconscious hunger. Peter Kreeft mentioned that he's not an original philosopher, but rather a bridge builder and matchmaker, and that his students all asked if they could do journals instead of tests, because Augustine touched them that deeply.
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One of their favorite books is Boethius' Consolation to Philosophy. It's an utterly unoriginal book. It's a synthesis of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Stoic, the Guston and they find it astonishingly original because they haven't been taught this stuff. The same as True of Augustine's Confessions. It's a blockbuster book. It hits it in the heart. It's not a perfect book. It's a messy book and there's an obscurity in it, but it feeds their unconscious hunger. So all I do is I give them the stuff that's on the shelves that have been neglected. I'm not an original philosopher I'm a bridge builder, a matchmaker. Joe, Joan meet Augustine. Augustine meet Joan. First time I ever taught Augustine's Confessions, my class asked me can we do journals instead of taking tests? And I said yes and there were about a dozen people in the class and we went through nothing but Augustine's Confessions. Not even the whole of it. We stopped at book 10 and they all wrote journals that every single one of them was longer than the Confessions itself. That's how deeply Augustine touched them and one common note to all of them is I never knew Augustine was that interesting. I took this course on a whim and it feeds me. It makes me strong.
The speakers refer to Augustine's Confessions to illustrate a point about human nature and the desire for fulfillment. They connect the idea of stealing pears from an orchard to the desire for a sense of accomplishment and the joy derived from hard work.
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And we were talking about Augustine's confessions, actually.
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The speakers refer to Augustine's Confessions to illustrate a point about human nature and the desire for fulfillment. They connect the idea of stealing pears from an orchard to the desire for a sense of accomplishment and the joy derived from hard work.
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And we were talking about Augustine's confessions, actually.
Saint Augustine's Confessions was mentioned as a text used by Gisa LaWeb in her essay exploring her mother's experience with Alzheimer's, reflecting on the 'great unlearning' and what persists beyond memory loss.
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And she called this the great unlearning, but it felt very important for her to observe what was left. And it's easy to put our finger on. We are on memories go and lots of features of identity go, bu...
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Saint Augustine's Confessions was mentioned as a text used by Gisa LaWeb in her essay exploring her mother's experience with Alzheimer's, reflecting on the 'great unlearning' and what persists beyond memory loss.
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And she called this the great unlearning, but it felt very important for her to observe what was left. And it's easy to put our finger on. We are on memories go and lots of features of identity go, but she felt, I just want to know what you think about this.
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Krista Tippett mentioned Giza Leweb's essay, which drew parallels between her mother's Alzheimer's journey and Augustine's Confessions, highlighting the themes of memory loss and spiritual reflection.
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She should call this the great unlearning, but she was very, it felt very important for her to observe what was left. And it's easy to put our finger on, we are on memory go, memories go. And lots of features have identity go, but she felt, I just wanna know what you think about this that intuition at feelings are still there, emotion is still there even when there are no words to put around it, that intuition is there. She felt that humor is something that stayed with her mother.
And she should call this the great unlearning, but she was very, it felt very important for her to observe what was left.
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Gisa LaWeb used Saint Augustine's Confessions, along with other religious texts, to make sense of her mother's experience with Alzheimer's, focusing on what aspects of her mother's being endured.
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And she called this the great unlearning, but it felt very important for her to observe what was left. And it's easy to put our finger on. We are on memories go and lots of features of identity go, but she felt, I just want to know what you think about this. Intuition, at feelings are still there. Emotion is still there even when there are no words to put around it that intuition is there. She felt that humor is something that stayed with her mother.
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Augustine's Confessions was mentioned as one of several texts referenced in an essay about a mother's struggle with Alzheimer's disease. The essay considered themes of unlearning and what persists in the face of the illness.
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