Augustine of Hippo writes extensively about his life, his conversion and his apprenticeship in his spiritual autobiography The Confessions. However, after detailing his conversion, Augustine begins to explore topics that particularly interest him as a philosopher and theologian. One of the greatest reflections written by Augustine is contained in Book XI of the Confessions, in which Augustine reflects on the ideas of eternity and time. In this book, Augustine discusses the concept of eternity and how to define what is eternal and what is not. Augustine applies this to the Christian notion of God and how he created the world. The place of time in creation is then explained. After exploring the idea of ​​time as creation, the question of what time consists of is directly addressed. Augustine presents a concise philosophy of time in eternity in his book The Confessions, and these concepts can be applied to the broader areas of philosophy and theology to enrich our understanding of time, God, humanity, and perception. In Book XI of the Confessions, Augustine seeks to explore the theme of creation mentioned in the book of Genesis. Augustine begins this account by discussing the place of change in creation, saying that everything that can change has been created. According to this reasoning, it is held that for something to be uncreated it must be eternal in nature, the key example used by Augustine being God. Augustine then goes on to explain the concept of God creating the world through his Word. Here, Augustine draws on the idea of ​​the Word (from the Latin Verbum, or the ancient Greek λόγος, the non-incarnate divinity of Jesus). Augustine then develops the idea of ​​the Word of God as being the first thing and the thing through which everything else was created. Augustine then uses the... middle of paper ...... in this way, Augustine presents a detailed idea of ​​time in Book XI of the Confessions and relates it to human experience, God, and the world at large. Works CitedAugustine. The Confessions. Translated by Maria Boulding, OSB New York: Vintage Books, 1990. Corriveau, Roger. “The Quest for a Liberal Education.” Philosophy Lecture 356: Seeking and Finding: Augustine Seminar, Assumption College, Worcester, MA, March 17, 2014. The Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version | Second Catholic edition. Translated by the Catholic Bible Association of Great Britain. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2002. Kant, Emmanuel. Critique of pure reason. Translated by JMD Meiklejohn. New York: Willey Book, 1781. Williams, Thomas. “Biblical Interpretation.” In The Cambridge Companion to Augustine, edited by Eleonore Stump and Norman Kretzmann. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001.