Gareth B. Matthews offers students, scholars and interested readers with new insights about the thought of one of the most important and influential philosophers of antiquity. This lucid overview takes readers to go a journey through the life and work of Augustine that encourages reflection. Topics covered include skepticism, language acquisition, the mind-body dualism, philosophical problems related to sleep, time and creation, faith and reason, foreknowledge and free will. The book concludes by considering how Augustine could be both a believer and even a prominent theologian and philosopher dogmatic Socrates.