Book 2:4
It was foul, and I loved it. I loved my own undoing... I loved my sin — not the thing for which I sinned but the sin itself.Read in Books4Free →
Sin and the Pear Theft
From Confessions by Saint Augustine
Augustine's extended reflection on a youthful theft of pears, used to probe the mystery of motiveless evil — sin loved for its own sake rather than for any good it brings.
Book 2:9
The companionship of fellow sinners; Augustine reflects that he would not have stolen alone — sin's social pull.
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