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Book Six
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- Book Six
- Chapter I - His mother Having Followed Him To Milan, Declares That She Will Not Die Before Her Son Shall Have Embraced The Catholic Faith.
- Chapter II - She, On The Prohibition Of Ambrose, Abstains From Honouring The Memory Of The Martyrs.
- Chapter III - As Ambrose Was Occupied With Business And Study, Augustin Could Seldom Consult Him Concerning The Holy Scriptures.
- Chapter IV - He Recognises The Falsity Of His Own Opinions, And Commits To Memory The Saying Of Ambrose.
- Chapter IX - Innocent Alypius, Being Apprehended As A Thief, Is St At Liberty By The Cleverness Of An Architecht.
- Chapter V - Faith Is The Basis Of Human Life; Man Cannot Discover That Truth Which Holy Scripture Has Disclosed.
- Chapter VI - On The Source And Cause Of True Joy, - The Example Of The Joyous Beggar Being Adduced.
- Chapter VII - He Leads To Reformation His Friend Alypius, Seized With Madness For The Circensian Games.
- Chapter VIII - The Same When At Rome, Being Led By Others Into The Amphitheatre, Is Delighted With The Gladitorial Games.
- Chapter X - The Wonderful Integrity Of Alypius In Judgment. The Lasting Friendship Of Nebridius With Augustin.
- Chapter XI - Being Troubled By His Grievous Errors, He Meditates Entering On A New Life.
- Chapter XII - Discussion With Alypius Concerning A Life Of Celibacy.
- Chapter XIII - Being Urged By His Mother To Take A Wife, He Sought A Maiden That Was Pleasing Unto Him.
- Chapter XIV - The Design Of Establishing A Common Household With His Friends Is Speedily Hindered.
- Chapter XV - He Dismisses One Mistress, And Chooses Another.
- Chapter XVI - The Fear Of Death And Judgment Called Him, Believing In The Immortality Of The Soul, Back From His Wickedness, Him Who Aforetime Believed In The Opinions Of Epicurus.
- Contents - Book VI