Augustine Confessions Sparknotes

In the fourth book of Confessions by Augustine he begins to question his faith so he joins a group known as the Manichees but he is disappointed and deceived by their teachings; he also learns a lot about his friendships and grief. Shortly after his friends Baptism Augustine mourns his death and he gains a new perspective on friendship. He discovers that friendship is the binding of one soul to another and he did not want his friend to die because the memory of him will be lost. A friendship is when two separate bodies share one soul and the death of his friend means that Augustine's soul is broken in half. Augustine then begins to analyze his own misery and he comes to the conclusion that his own misery is a selfish indulgence; he states