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Chapter XXV.—He is Glad that God
Dwells in His Memory.
36. But where in my memory abidest Thou, O
Lord, where dost Thou there abide? What manner of chamber hast Thou
there formed for Thyself? What sort of sanctuary hast Thou erected
for Thyself? Thou hast granted this honour to my memory, to take up
Thy abode in it; but in what quarter of it Thou abidest, I am
considering. For in calling Thee to mind,871
| 871 In connection with Augustin’s views as to memory,
Locke’s Essay on the Human Understanding, ii. 10, and
Stewart’s Philosophy of the Human Mind, c. 6, may be
profitably consulted. | I soared beyond those parts of it
which the beasts also possess, since I found Thee not there amongst
the images of corporeal things; and I arrived at those parts where
I had committed the affections of my mind, nor there did I find
Thee. And I entered into the very seat of my mind, which it has in
my memory, since the mind remembers itself also—nor wert Thou
there. For as Thou art not a bodily image, nor the affection of a
living creature, as when we rejoice, condole, desire, fear,
remember, forget, or aught of the kind; so neither art Thou the
mind itself, because Thou art the Lord God of the mind; and all
these things are changed, but Thou remainest unchangeable over all,
yet vouchsafest to dwell in my memory, from the time I learned
Thee. But why do I now seek in what part of it Thou dwellest, as if
truly there were places in it? Thou dost dwell in it assuredly,
since I have remembered Thee from the time I learned Thee, and I
find Thee in it when I call Thee to mind.
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