Quote of Augustine of Hippo - My mind withdrew its thoughts from...
Biography - Augustine of Hippo:
Christian theologian and philosopher.
Born: 354 - Died: 430
Period:
5th century
4th century
Place of birth: Algeria
Born: 354 - Died: 430
Period:
5th century
4th century
Place of birth: Algeria
My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed... And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to the vision of That Which Is.
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