Augustine's Confessions is a personal recollection of his ascent from a life of sin and emptiness to one of fulfillment and higher understanding. He started his quest (from where we entered his voyage) rejecting God, but as his books are titled Confessions, Augustine begins to confess his sins and flaws to God in order to understand a deeper meaning of life. ... From this statement it is apparent that Augustine's luster for the Manichean doctrine had begun to diminish because Augustine found the pathologies of past philosophers to be more probable than current ones. ...

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Antonio's thoughts in this chapter indicate a new obsession with sin and punishment. ... Before, he was largely concerned with sin and punishment. ... Or does the dream mean that becoming a priest does not save Antonio from sin as his mother thinks? ... The story involves sin, punishment, and forgiveness. ... The inability to look past biased assumptions is especially visible in the townspeople's treatment of Narciso. ...

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