Augustine of Hippo
354 – 430 · Algeria · Philosophy, Literature
Wrote Confessions, the first true autobiography, and shaped Western theology.
Index entry
Augustine of Hippo is currently a short index entry. The research desk can draft the full profile — achievements, works, living legacy and what is documented about the family line.
Expand this profileContinuity of ideas
Who shaped Augustine of Hippo, and who they shaped
Inherited from1
- Cicero
106 BCE – 43 BCE · Politics, Philosophy
Cicero's Hortensius turned Augustine to philosophy, as he records in the Confessions.
Passed the work to1
- Thomas Aquinas
1225 – 1274 · Philosophy
Aquinas builds on Augustine's theology while replacing its Platonism with Aristotle.
Sources and references
Numbered markers in the text above point to the entries below. Each links to a primary document, archival collection or scholarly reference where the claim about Augustine of Hippo can be checked.
- 1.Primary texts and first editions by or about Augustine of Hippo
Internet Archive · Primary source
- 2.Catalogued holdings and archival finding aids for Augustine of Hippo
WorldCat (OCLC) · Archive
Nearby in the annals
Sun Tzu
544 BCE – 496 BCEThe Art of War is still on military and business curricula worldwide.
Zeno of Citium
334 BCE – 262 BCEFounded Stoicism in the Athenian Stoa Poikile.
Epictetus
50 – 135Enslaved teacher whose Discourses fixed the dichotomy of control at the heart of Stoic practice.