ABSTRACT
Before Boethius and Saint Anselm there was Saint Augustine (354–430). At the very beginning of The Confessions, largely an autobiographical work (the first ten of 13 books) and his most influential work, Augustine says directly to God that: 'You move us to take delight in praising you, because you have made us for yourself, and we are restless until we rest in you.' Augustine's main philosophical interest was in truth, because, if there is any truth at all, it can only be explained by the existence of God.
