Confesiones
- Idioma:
- inglés
- Estado:
- Obra completa
- Autoría:
- Escrita por el autor
- Estado del texto:
- Texto limpio
- Extensión:
- ~110.000 palabras · 516 pasajes
Cita esta obra
- APAAgustín de Hipona. (n.d.). Confesiones. SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/es/works/augustine/the-confessions-of-st-augustine
- MLAAgustín de Hipona. "Confesiones." SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/es/works/augustine/the-confessions-of-st-augustine.
- ChicagoAgustín de Hipona. Confesiones. SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/es/works/augustine/the-confessions-of-st-augustine.
De qué trata
El relato que Agustín hace a Dios de su propia vida: la juventud en Cartago, los años de duda, la conversión en un jardín de Milán, y la pregunta de qué es el tiempo y qué es la memoria.
Contexto e historia
Escritas hacia el 397-400, cuando Agustín ya era obispo de Hipona, en el África romana. Es el primer gran libro introspectivo de la literatura occidental: nadie antes había examinado su propia interioridad con esa profundidad ni la había puesto por escrito dirigiéndose a Dios de tú a tú. La conversión que narra —el verano del 386, la voz de un niño cantando «toma y lee»— es una de las escenas más influyentes jamás escritas, y el género entero de la autobiografía moderna le debe la existencia.
Contexto editorial, no una fuente citable: a diferencia de los pasajes de la obra, estos datos no se pueden comprobar contra el corpus.
Great art Thou, O Lord, and greatly to be praised; great is Thy power, and Thy wisdom infinite. And Thee would man praise; man, but a particle of Thy creation; man, that bears about him his mortality, the witness of his sin, the witness that Thou resistest the proud: yet would man praise Thee; he, but a particle of Thy creation. Thou awakest us to delight in Thy praise; for Thou madest us for Thyself, and our heart is restless, until it repose in Thee. Grant me, Lord, to know and understand which is first, to call on Thee or to praise Thee? and, again, to know Thee or to call on Thee? for who can call on Thee, not knowing Thee? for he that knoweth Thee not, may call on Thee as other than Thou art. Or, is it rather, that we call on Thee that we may know Thee? but how shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? or how shall they believe without a preacher? and they that seek the Lord shall praise Him: for they that seek shall find Him, and they that find shall praise Him. I will seek Thee, Lord, by calling on Thee; and will call on Thee, believing in Thee; for to us hast Thou been preached. My faith, Lord, shall call on Thee, which Thou hast given me, wherewith Thou hast inspired me, through the Incarnation of Thy Son, through the ministry of the Preacher. And how shall I call upon my God, my God and Lord, since, when I call for Him, I shall be calling Him to myself? and what room is there within me, whither my God can come into me? whither can God come into me, God who made heaven and earth? is there, indeed, O Lord my God, aught in me that can contain Thee? do then heaven and earth, which Thou hast made, and wherein Thou hast made me, contain Thee? or, because nothing which exists could exist without Thee, doth therefore whatever exists contain Thee?…