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AUGUSTINE:
CONFESSIONS INDEX
BOOK
TEN
CHAPTER
XLI
66. And now I have thus considered the infirmities of my
sins, under the headings of the three major "lusts," and
I have called thy right hand to my aid. For with a wounded
heart I have seen thy brightness, and having been beaten
back I cried: "Who can attain to it? I am cut off from before
thy eyes."[390]
Thou art the Truth, who presidest over all things, but I,
because of my greed, did not wish to lose thee. But still,
along with thee, I wished also to possess a lie--just as
no one wishes to lie in such a way as to be ignorant of
what is true. By this I lost thee, for thou wilt not condescend
to be enjoyed along with a lie.
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