In a deep personal work "St. Augustine's" Confession "of Saint Augustine, he shared the story of his life and eventually turned into Christian faith. His life Odyssey is sometimes one of the internal conflicts between his intelligence and his beliefs. Augustine's classical education had a great influence on the way he saw the world and eventually had a major impact on his Christian efforts. He is definitely an "intellectual" Christian, and from this point of view he sees many aspects of his beliefs.
St. Augustine, Aurelius Augustine (354-430) is an important figure in the transformation of classical thought and medieval idea. While others think that he is the first medieval philosopher, some people think he is the greatest classical thinker. He experienced the decline of the Roman Empire, political turmoil, military defeat, and Augustine's most influential works are "Confession", "Trinity", "Genesis by Letter", "City of God". They all reflected their thoughts after transformation and provided knowledge structures for many subsequent Christian books. Augustine 's first education was rhetoric, but later studies of neoplatonism had profound influence on his religious understanding. Nevertheless, he sees it from a philosophical point of view on how to serve religion, not as precious discipline. The secondary position of this philosophy was widely accepted by philosophers throughout the Middle Ages.
Primary and secondary education in Saint Augustine is supervised by the St John County School District. Currently there is no county-level high school in Saint Augustine city, but Saint Augustine High School, Pedro Menendez High School and St. John's Industrial High School are nearby. Florida State Deafblind School is a National Boarding School for hearing impaired, was established in the city in 1885. The St. Augustine Catholic Diocese runs the oldest Catholic High School in Saint Joseph College, Florida.