Consideration about the chiastic structure in Augustine’s “Confessions”

―Influence of the character as Ikyou-houmon-tan―

Abstract

　The structure of Augustine’s “Confessions” as 1-9 consists of chiastic structure. In this paper, it was considered the cause of why this composition was brought to this text. Two reasons were indicated here, (1) based on the Augustine's soul, (2) Influence of the character of Ikyou-houmon-tan.