Monthly Archives: March 2015

The Principles of Augustine

Posted on March 9, 2015 by David Buresh

In his attempt to help us in our reading of Traherne’s Centuries, Louis Martz asks, “Can the principles of Augustine also be used to explore the full extent and progress of the Centuries, and to measure the degree of its … Continue reading →

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Traherne’s Augustinian Quest to Find the Paradise Within

Posted on March 5, 2015 by David Buresh

Professor Louis Martz intuited Traherne’s essence as well as anyone. That essence was formed by the triad of the Bible, Nature, and the Self. Martz explains that these were “the three ‘books’ cultivated by the medieval Augustinians, and especially by … Continue reading →

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