... him. Since both his physical and spiritual journeys start at infanthood, Augustine places this simile in the first book of the Confessions. The second reason forms one of the central themes of the Confessions. Augustine believes that human beings and are inherently sinful. Life is nothing but a spiritual journey, a quest to find satisfaction for one's soul, to find God. Whereas we ... sinful, we can only get worse, not better, unless we turn to God and Christ as our spiritual guide and savior. Later in the book, Augustine himself goes through this metamorphosis. Human beings are not kin...

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