Our heart is restless until it rests in you.
Inquietum est cor nostrum, donec requiescat in te.
Philosophers
Augustine of Hippo
Latin Church Father (354-430). After detours through Manichaeism and Neoplatonism he converted at 32 and became Bishop of Hippo. His Confessions and City of God set the template for theology and selfhood for centuries.
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