From 41dda3ccda0ea9cc18a75756b4ef3a2e1bbb5bf5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matěj Cepl Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 17:21:29 +0200 Subject: Corrections in Vita Brevis post. --- literature/vita_brevis-again.rst | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/literature/vita_brevis-again.rst b/literature/vita_brevis-again.rst index ec47e90..9b5d085 100644 --- a/literature/vita_brevis-again.rst +++ b/literature/vita_brevis-again.rst @@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ comment system is broken) OK, this quotation pushed me over the edge, so I have to write it here. I have read Augustine’s Confessions many times, actually it was one of the books which are most “guilty” of my own -conversion to the Christianity. And yet, I have completely missed +conversion to Christianity. And yet, I have completely missed the story of Augustine’s wife and family (my study of the Roman Law would lead me to believe that actually they were married, but that’s another issue). So, when I stumbled upon the `“Vita Brevis”`_ by Jostein Gaarder I was completely shocked how much -I managed to ignore while reading my beloved book. So, no +I managed to ignore while reading my beloved book. So, no, Augustine didn’t divorce his wife and didn’t take her child because of the holy quest of His Conversion. It was a way worse. -Read the Confessions again, or better yet read the Gaarder’s +Read the Confessions again, or better yet, read the Gaarder’s book as well. Highly recommended. Yes, the latter is a fiction book. I know. -- cgit