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The Stoic Roots of Augustine’s Conversion

What happened, exactly, in Augustine’s famous “conversion scene”? (Confessions, Book VIII) Professor Sarah Byers (Boston College) will show that Augustine is drawing on Stoic and Platonic epistemology and action theory to understand how divine grace acts on, and with, the human mind. Discussion will follow.

This event is part of our series on Living the Core.