#654: Praise and Love, with Augustine
An investigation into book dedications.
Augustine dedicated his early book On the Beautiful and Fitting to Hierius, he tells us in Confessions Book IV. This otherwise insignificant fact becomes a source of genuine perplexity for Augustine, who wonders why he would do such a thing given that he had never met him.
His answer is a fascinating exploration of the way praise engenders love in those …
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