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Book I.
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Commencing with the invocation of God, Augustin relates in detail the beginning of his life, his infancy and boyhood, up to his fifteenth year; at which age he acknowledges that he was more inclined to all youthful pleasures and vices than to the study of letters.
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vi.I_1.I
That the God Whom We Invoke is in Us, and We in Him.vi.I_1.II
Everywhere God Wholly Filleth All Things, But Neither Heaven Nor Earth Containeth Him.vi.I_1.III
The Majesty of God is Supreme, and His Virtues Inexplicable.vi.I_1.IV
He Seeks Rest in God, and Pardon of His Sins.vi.I_1.V
He Describes His Infancy, and Lauds the Protection and Eternal Providence of God.vi.I_1.VI
He Shows by Example that Even Infancy is Prone to Sin.vi.I_1.VII
That When a Boy He Learned to Speak, Not by Any Set Method, But from the Acts and Words of His Parents.vi.I_1.VIII
Concerning the Hatred of Learning, the Love of Play, and the Fear of Being Whipped Noticeable in Boys: and of the Folly of Our Elders and Masters.vi.I_1.IX
Through a Love of Ball-Playing and Shows, He Neglects His Studies and the Injunctions of His Parents.vi.I_1.X
Seized by Disease, His Mother Being Troubled, He Earnestly Demands Baptism, Which on Recovery is Postponed—His Father Not as Yet Believing in Christ.vi.I_1.XI
Being Compelled, He Gave His Attention to Learning; But Fully Acknowledges that This Was the Work of God.vi.I_1.XII
He Delighted in Latin Studies and the Empty Fables of the Poets, But Hated the Elements of Literature and the Greek Language.vi.I_1.XIII
Why He Despised Greek Literature, and Easily Learned Latin.vi.I_1.XIV
He Entreats God, that Whatever Useful Things He Learned as a Boy May Be Dedicated to Him.vi.I_1.XV
He Disapproves of the Mode of Educating Youth, and He Points Out Why Wickedness is Attributed to the Gods by the Poets.vi.I_1.XVI
He Continues on the Unhappy Method of Training Youth in Literary Subjects.vi.I_1.XVII
Men Desire to Observe the Rules of Learning, But Neglect the Eternal Rules of Everlasting Safety.vi.I_1.XVIII