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 | | His father, Patricius, was a burgess of Tagaste and still a c igan at the time of his sons birth. |
 | | His mother, Monica, was c)t only a Christian, but a woman of the most tender and devoted c ety, whose beautiful faith and enthusiasm and patient prayer for c)th her husband and son (at length crowned with success in both o Ises) have made her a type of womanly saintliness for all ages. |
 | | Shortly before the time of his baptism, he was occu~d with the question of the immortality of the soul (De immorit ate animae), and in Rome and at Tagaste he was still engaged th philosophical problems, as is evidenced by the writings De antitate animae and De magistro. |
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