Review of Emmanuel Bermon's La signification et l'enseignement: Texte latin, traduction françe;aise et commentaire du de magistro de saint Augustin by Vincent Hunink at the Radboud University Nijmegen:
The biographical information about Adeodatus is
entirely to be drawn from Augustine's works and it is regrettably
scarce indeed. The De magistro may be said to be the source in
which Adeodatus figures most prominently. Except for a longer monologue
by Augustine (c. 33-46, likely to be part of a subsequent revision of
the text) he remains an active partner in the dialogue until the end.
The boy seems sharp-witted, gentle, and eager to learn, a son of whom
Augustine is noticeably proud. Possibly, Augustine wrote and published
the work as a tribute to Adeodatus, who died young at an unspecified
date. Bermon gives the essential data about Adeodatus in his
introduction, but in the commentary, he is not concerned with his
biography.
Full review here.
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