Before converting to “Christianity ” at the age of 33, Augustine had become a Neoplatonist ​ — an adherent of a version of Plato’s philosophy developed by Plotinus in the third century.
وَقَدْ بَقِيَ أُوغُسْطِين مُتَأَثِّرًا بِهذَا ٱلْمَذْهَبِ حَتَّى بَعْدَ ٱهْتِدَائِهِ إِلَى « ٱلْمَسِيحِيَّةِ » .‏