gift we can see a mirror image of the one whom we seek, without whom we are unendingly restless, in whom we have our fullest joy (3). Augustine here wrestles with what philosophers call “epistemology”—the question of how we know what we know. For him, our desire to praise is key to our knowledge about anything. For our knowledge runs aground as it seeks after God: Who then are you, my God?… Most high, utterly good, utterly powerful, most omnipotent, most merciful and most just, deeply hidden yet