Duplicities and integrations of the personality of St. Augustine

o f reasoned t r u t h . H is l e t t e r s a re w itn e s s to h is u n c e a s in g hu nge r f o r f a c t s and th o u g h ts . He asks p e rs o n s f o r whom he has a s p e c i f ic in t e r e s t to ask h im q u e s t io n s . (S p . 266) He d e fe n d s th e p o s s i b i l i t y o f a r a t io n a l know ledge o f God. (E p . 1 1 8 .6 ; 1 1 9 .5 ) As he p ic k s o u t th e le a s t p o in t o f d i f f i c u l t y i n dogmas w ith o u t much e n d e a vo r, and as he f e e ls t h a t he i s n o t m e re ly p i l i n g up fo rm u la s and reasoned ju d g m e n ts , b u t t h a t he a c t u a l l y a c h ie v e s t r u t h , h is s e l f f e e l i n g is g r a t i f i e d . H. 0 . T a y lo r w r i t e s t h e r e f o r e : I n m a tte rs o f s h e e r i n t e l l e c t S t .