The First Modern Man
Submitted by agustinongpinoy on Wed, 2008-08-13 23:59. :: readings
Someone has called him "The First Modern Man." Both Catholics and Non-Catholic Mainline Churches claim him as their own. Eastern Catholics number him among their "fathers" prompting a scholar to suggest that he be named "Common Father of the East and West." Descartes was flattered when he was told that his "Cogito ergo sum" echoes this man's "Dubito ergo sum."
I am referring to Augustine of Hippo (354-430). And this is a short retelling of his life:
