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Quotation from On Christian Doctrine by Augustine of Hippo

“All instruction is either about things or about signs; but things are learnt by means of signs”

Augustine of Hippo (spoken by Augustine)

On Christian Doctrine, Book I, Ch. 2, trans. J. F. Shaw (1873; NPNF 1887)

The foundational distinction on which the whole treatise is organized.

Citation: "All instruction is either about things or about signs; but things are learnt by means of signs" — Augustine of Hippo, On Christian Doctrine, Book I, Ch. 2, trans. J. F. Shaw (1873; NPNF 1887). (id augustine-on-christian-doctrine-q1)

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