. . So great is the power of memory, so great is the force of life in a human being whose life is mortal (*Conf. *10.17.26). Or similarly: The power of memory is great, very great, my God. It is a vast and infinite profundity. Who has plumbed its bottom? This power is that of my mind and is a natural endowment, but I myself cannot grasp the totality of what I am (*Conf...
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Who has plumbed its bottom? This power is that of my mind and is a natural endowment, but I myself cannot grasp the totality of what I am (*Conf. *10.8.15). Leaving aside Augustine's rhetoric of self-effacement and intentional irony, it is patent that he knows a great deal about memory and its power...
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