He treats Augustine's Confessions as a political memoir and warns that memoirs by powerful people are not innocent truth-telling.
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He treats Augustine's Confessions as a political memoir and warns that memoirs by powerful people are not innocent truth-telling.
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"...the Catholic Church, OK? Now, for whatever reason, historians think this memoir is authentic, or he's telling the truth."
"...life is whenever a politician or a powerful individual writes a memoir, it's complete BS, OK? There's nothing authentic or true about it. So..."
"...a book called Collinsby. It's a novel. Okay? It's not a memoir, but it's a novel. When you read it, he will say that..."
"...this stage in history. Okay? Now, Benjamin Franklin, by writing his memoir, he starts a new fad in America that persists today. It's called..."
"...Okay and if you think about it we discussed the the memoir of Benjamin Franklin right?"
"...in exile in St. Helena okay so he's basically writing his memoirs he's reflecting on his life and he's not that perceptive he's not..."
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