{"product_id":"augustines-soliloquies-in-old-english-and-in-latin","title":"Augustine’s Soliloquies in Old English and in Latin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rare Latin edition of Saint Augustine's dialogue on immortality, accompanied by an Old English vernacular adaptation translated into modern English for the first time in a hundred years.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAround the turn of the tenth century, an anonymous scholar crafted an Old English version of Saint Augustine of Hippo's \u003ci\u003eSoliloquia,\u003c\/i\u003e a dialogue exploring the nature of truth and the immortality of the soul. The \u003ci\u003eOld English Soliloquies\u003c\/i\u003e was, perhaps, inspired by King Alfred the Great's mandate to translate important Latin works. It retains Augustine's focus on the soul, but it also explores loyalty-to friends, to one's temporal lord, and to the Lord God-and it presses toward a deeper understanding of the afterlife. Will we endure a state of impersonal and static forgetfulness, or will we retain our memories, our accrued wisdom, and our sense of individuated consciousness?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume presents the first English translation of the complete \u003ci\u003eOld English Soliloquies\u003c\/i\u003e to appear in more than a century. It is accompanied by a unique edition of Augustine's Latin \u003ci\u003eSoliloquia,\u003c\/i\u003e based on a tenth-century English manuscript similar to the one used by the translator, that provides insight into the adaptation process. Both the Latin and Old English texts are newly edited.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leslie Lockett","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42818387804221,"sku":"9780674278417","price":55.76,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780674278417_305aab28-278b-482a-8a1e-ad88a0fab64f.jpg?v=1766919061","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/augustines-soliloquies-in-old-english-and-in-latin","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}