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CHAPTER I.—Concerning that most unhappy time in which he, being deceived, deceived others; and concerning the mockers of his confession, . . . 51
CHAPTER II.—He teaches rhetoric, the only thing he loved, and scorns the soothsayer who promised him victory, . . . . . . 52
CHAPTER III.—Not even the most experienced men could persuade him of the vanity of astrology, to which he was devoted, . . . . 53
CHAPTER IV.—Sorely distressed by weeping at the death of his friend, he provides consolation for himself, . . . . . . 55
CHAPTER V.—Why weeping is pleasant to the wretched, . . . . 56
CHAPTER VI.—His friend being snatched away by death, he imagines that he remains only as half, . . . . . . . 57
CHAPTER VII.—Troubled by restlessness and grief, he leaves his country a second time for Carthage, . . . . . . . . 58
CHAPTER VIII.—That his grief ceased by time, and the consolation of friends, . . . . . . . . . . 59
CHAPTER IX.—That the love of a human being, however constant in loving and returning love, perishes; while he who loves God never loses a friend, . . . . . . . . . . 60
CHAPTER X.—That all things exist that they may perish, and that we are not safe unless God watches over us, . . . . . . 60
CHAPTER XI.—That portions of the world are not to be loved; but that God, their Author, is immutable, and His word eternal, . . . 61
CHAPTER XII.—Love is not condemned, but love in God, in whom there is rest through Jesus Christ, is to be preferred, . . . . . 62
CHAPTER XIII.—Love originates from grace and beauty enticing us, . . 64
CHAPTER XIV.—Concerning the books which he wrote "on the Fair and Fit," dedicated to Hierius A Syrian orator and friend of Augustine, . . . . . . . . 64
CHAPTER XV.—While writing, being blinded by corporeal images, he failed to recognize the spiritual nature of God, . . . . . 66
CHAPTER XVI.—He very easily understood the liberal arts and the categories of Aristotle, but without true fruit, . . . . . . 68
BOOK FIFTH
HE DESCRIBES THE TWENTY-NINTH YEAR OF HIS AGE, IN WHICH,
HAVING DISCOVERED THE FALLACIES OF THE MANICHÆANS,
HE PROFESSED RHETORIC AT ROME AND MILAN. HAVING HEARD
AMBROSE, HE BEGINS TO COME TO HIMSELF.
CHAPTER I.—That it becomes the soul to praise God, and to confess unto Him, . . . . . . . . . . 71
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