St. Augustine and consciousness

In his writing The Literal Meaning of Genesis (Book 12), St. Augustine is clearly describing the “inward teacher” of our conscious mind. According to Augustine, when we read that we are to love our neighbor as ourselves, this first kind of “vision” is that of the eyes viewing the letters on the page (Dupré and Wiseman 71). This is the lowest level of thought, the brain level, responding to printed words and physical events in… Continue reading →