PHILOSOPHER

Augustine of Hippo

354 - 430

Augustine of Hippo

Augustine of Hippo ( aw-GUST-in, US also AW-gə-steen; Latin: Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430) was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa. His writings deeply influenced the development of Western philosophy and Western Christianity, and he is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers of the Latin Church in the Patristic Period. His many important works include The City of God, On Christian Doctrine, and Confessions. According to his contemporary, Jerome of Stridon, Augustine "established anew the ancient Faith". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Augustine of Hippo is the 14th most popular philosopher (down from 13th in 2019), the most popular biography from Algeria and the most popular Algerian Philosopher.

Augustine of Hippo is most famous for his conversion to Christianity and his writings on the subject.

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Among philosophers, Augustine of Hippo ranks 14 out of 1,267. Before him are René Descartes, Avicenna, Laozi, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Baruch Spinoza, and Niccolò Machiavelli. After him are Francis Bacon, Friedrich Nietzsche, Thales of Miletus, Heraclitus, Thomas Aquinas, and Diogenes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 354, Augustine of Hippo ranks 1. After him are Paulinus of Nola, and Arsenius the Great. Among people deceased in 430, Augustine of Hippo ranks 1. After him are Macrobius, Octar, Saint Aurelius, Honoratus, and Nilus of Sinai.