Cassiciacum dialogues of 386 make a country-house philosophy retreat a public Latin conversion instrument
In late 386, at Verecundus' country house at Cassiciacum, Augustine wrote dialogues on the Academics, the happy life, order, and soliloquy as later transmitted. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.
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In late 386, at Verecundus' country house at Cassiciacum, Augustine wrote dialogues on the Academics, the happy life, order, and soliloquy as later transmitted. The instrument is that retreat-file. Augustine of Hippo's documented role is: He wrote Contra Academicos, De beata vita, De ordine, Soliloquia as later titled. Companions spoke. He did not found a unique academy with a payroll.
Context
Alypius, Navigius, and Adeodatus appear as speakers. Sharing the retreat with them is required. Ambrose's Milan church is the neighbouring liturgical office. The unnamed partner has already been sent away; that cost is a different row. The setting of Cassiciacum dialogues of 386 make a country-house philosophy retreat a public Latin conversion instrument is the public file around 0386-06-01. Driver edu-digital-learning-access is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.
Why it matters
Improving path from Cassiciacum dialogues of 386 make a country-house philosophy retreat a public Latin conversion instrument on 0386-06-01. A public set of conversion-era dialogues is an education path. The welfare reading on this path is improving.
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Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Augustine Of Hippo
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.4 · verified
He wrote Contra Academicos, De beata vita, De ordine, Soliloquia as later titled. Companions spoke. He did not found a unique academy with a payroll.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactCassiciacum dialogues of 386 make a country-house philosophy retreat a public Latin conversion instrument
- strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
- weakensIndicators (3)Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)
impact weight 0.35 · Effect from 1 June 386 · verified
A public set of conversion-era dialogues is an education path.
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.14 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.4)
Observed
70% of 10-year-olds · 70 above the normal line (2022)
Worse than normalTwo readings: 57% of 10-year-olds (2019) and 70% of 10-year-olds (2022).
20192022 Above normal = worse
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.12 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.35)
Observed
472 PISA score points · 28 below the normal line (2022)
Worse than normal7 readings, 2003–2022: fell from 499 PISA score points to 472 PISA score points.
Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.1 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.3)
Observed
11% of primary-school-age children · 11 above the normal line (2023)
Worse than normalAbove normal = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Britannica — Pelagianism / AugustineEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
- 2.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Augustine, original sin / graceStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Official locator: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Augustine, Cassiciacum dialogues at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/augustine/ (opens in a new tab) (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Independent locator: Britannica — Saint Augustine, Cassiciacum at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Augustine (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Augustine, Cassiciacum dialogues (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/augustine/ (opens in a new tab); Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Independent carrier: Britannica — Saint Augustine, Cassiciacum (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Augustine (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).
Established: a sourced public record of Cassiciacum dialogues of 386 make a country-house philosophy retreat a public Latin conversion instrument under 0386-06-01 for Augustine of Hippo. Established: a sourced public record of Cassiciacum dialogues of 386 make a country-house philosophy retreat a public Latin conversion instrument under 0386-06-01.
Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Baptism 387 is neighbouring. Mixed effects of Cassiciacum dialogues of 386 make a country-house philosophy retreat a public Latin conversion instrument are separate paths.
Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.
That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.
Shared responsibility is part of Cassiciacum dialogues of 386 make a country-house philosophy retreat a public Latin conversion instrument. Naming Augustine of Hippo does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 0386-06-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorAugustine Of Hippo
- contributed toFactCassiciacum dialogues of 386 make a country-house philosophy retreat a public Latin conversion instrument
- strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
- weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)
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Factrail. (2026). Cassiciacum dialogues of 386 make a country-house philosophy retreat a public Latin conversion instrument. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/au-cassiciacum
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Accessed 16 October 2026.
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