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Confesiones es una serie de trece libros autobiogr�ficos de San Agust�n de Hipona escritos entre el a�o 397 y el 398. San Agust�n escribi� acerca de su juventud pecadora y de c�mo se convirti� al cristianismo. Es ampliamente aceptada como la primera autobiograf�a occidental jam�s escrita, y se convirti� en un modelo para otros autores cristianos de los siguientes siglos.Se narra la ni�ez de Agust�n, su adolescencia y juventud, su carrera acad�mica, su estancia en el manique�smo, su proceso personal de acercamiento al cristianismo (ya conocido en la ni�ez), su conversi�n, y sus primeras experiencias como cat�lico.

"�Tarde te am�, hermosura tan antigua y tan nueva, tarde te am�! T� estabas dentro de m� y yo fuera, y por fuera te buscaba; y deforme como era me lanzaba sobre estas cosas hermosas que t� creaste. T� estabas conmigo, pero yo no estaba contigo; me reten�an lejos de ti cosas que no existir�an si no existieran en ti. Pero t� me llamaste y clamaste hasta romper finalmente mi sordera. Con tu fulgor espl�ndido pusiste en fuga mi ceguera. Tu fragancia penetr� en mi respiraci�n y ahora suspiro por ti. Gust� tu sabor y por eso ahora tengo m�s hambre y m�s sed de ese gusto. Me tocaste y con tu tacto me encendiste en tu paz".

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