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Confessions Kindle Edition
—Scott MacDonald, Professor of Philosophy and Norma K. Regan Professor in Christian Studies, Cornell University
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherHackett Publishing Company, Inc.
- Publication dateFebruary 19, 2019
- File size1451 KB
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—Eve Tushnet, in The University Bookman
"The best overall translation of Augustine's Confessions to date. . . . Williams captures the immediacy of Augustine's prayer, the playfulness of his language, and (without striving too hard) the properly elevated poetry of the text. As priest and philosopher and an Anglican with a good sense of English, Williams understands Augustine from the inside. For the foreseeable future, this will be my go-to translation for the Confessions."
—Jared Ortiz, Hope College, in Catholic World Report
"The best translators of Augustine's Confessions are not rivals of one another, but comrades and co-conspirators. They have a worthy friend in Thomas Williams, whose frank, graceful, wise, thoughtfully annotated English rendering is a brand new revelation of the power and beauty of Augustine's scripturally infused philosophical prose.”
—Carol Zaleski, Professor of World Religions, Smith College
"A major new translation of what is no doubt Augustine's best known and most influential work. There are many good translations of the Confessions, but this is the first one to be carefully sensitive to the philosophical nuances of Augustine's text. The careful yet readable translation is accompanied by an informative and thoughtful Introduction, ample notes, and appendices."
—Paul Vincent Spade, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Indiana University, Bloomington
"For courses in universities and seminaries that approach the Confessions as a spiritual or philosophical text, this is now the translation to use."
—Ray Van Dam, University of Michigan, in Speculum
"A model of the translator's art. Williams's Confessions, accurate to the nuance, is as perfect a mirror of Augustine's Latin text as the English language will allow."
—Stanley Lombardo, Professor Emeritus of Classics, University of Kansas
"It might be wondered why we need yet another translation of Augustine's Confessions, when so many fine and mellifluous ones already exist. But Thomas Williams supplies a compelling answer in his Introduction to this volume: nowhere else will the philosopher reading Augustine find complete consistency in the translation of key words in Augustine's armoury, vital for understanding his distinctive views about the self and God; and nowhere else is the reader guided so accurately to Augustine's biblical sources, yet with full clarification of the creative freedom with which he uses them. This is a masterly achievement, and will from now on be my own favoured translation for teaching and philosophical reflection."
—Sarah Coakley, University of Cambridge and Australian Catholic University, Melbourne
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- ASIN : B07NXPC1S8
- Publisher : Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. (February 19, 2019)
- Publication date : February 19, 2019
- Language : English
- File size : 1451 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 545 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #374,473 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #17 in Medieval Thought
- #104 in Medieval Western Philosophy
- #162 in Christian Church Leadership (Kindle Store)
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- Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2024Thomas Williams' translation is clear and understandable even in the very dense, philosophically technical sections. The prodigious notes and info-packed introduction are just the cherry on top! I'd say this is definitely the go-to choice if you want to understand one of the Western canon's most important works. It might have converted me when I was younger, and I still feel deeply touched by Augustine's genuine love for his mother, but at this point in my life it wasn't enough for me. Still, very much worth reading.
- Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2022My Sunday school class is reading this book, which I would not have chosen on my own for fear of it being too hard to understand; however, this translation is fantastic! I have thoroughly the author's accessible style.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2021Dr. Jared Ortiz wrote, "What Translation of Augustine's Confessions Should I read?" in Catholic World Report of Jan. 25, 2021, and says this is the "best overall translation" which "will be my go-to translation for the Confessions." The article is worth looking for as it gives a very good review of each of the different English translations, including comments on audio recording and a Latin text.