Q0044
Augustine of Hippo
A verified English rendering from the curated archive.
English
You have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.
Source context
This English passage is associated with Confessions I.1, within the tradition of Patristic Philosophy. The wording below is a verified rendering prepared for careful reading rather than a claim of unique translation authority.
A short reading
Read in the register of beauty, the sentence asks the reader to test an assumption rather than to collect a slogan. In Augustine of Hippo's wider work, similar claims are usually offered as prompts for judgment: what would have to be true for the sentence to hold, and what would follow if it did?
How to cite this quotation
APA: Augustine of Hippo. (n.d.). You have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you. In Philosophy Blind Box. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0044
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