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Augustine’s questions about willing and time belong to a confession addressed to God. Keep habits, grace and the limits of inward experience in view.
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Guided course · Module 6 · Lesson 28
Time, will and the inward turn
Augustine examines a divided will and asks where the time we measure could be. Habit, memory, attention and expectation shape his answers; how far can an inward inquiry explain what it finds?