Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p>Philosophy came into existence, not on its own account, but for the\r\nadvantages reaped by us from knowledge, we receiving a firm persuasion\r\nof true perception, through the knowledge of things comprehended by the\r\nmind. For I do not mention that the <i>Stromata</i>, forming a body\r\nof varied erudition, wish artfully to conceal the seeds of knowledge.\r\nAs, then, he who is fond of hunting captures the game after seeking,\r\ntracking, scenting, hunting it down with dogs; so truth, when sought\r\nand got with toil, appears a delicious<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_835\" id=\"FNanchor_835\">[835]</a> thing. Why, then, you will\r\nask, did you think it fit that such an arrangement should be adopted in\r\nyour memoranda? Because there is great danger in divulging the secret\r\nof the true philosophy to those, whose delight it is unsparingly to\r\nspeak against everything, not justly; and who shout forth all kinds of\r\nnames and words indecorously, deceiving themselves and beguiling those\r\nwho adhere to them. “For the Hebrews seek signs,” as the apostle says,\r\n“and the Greeks seek after wisdom.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_836\" id=\"FNanchor_836\">[836]</a></p>","headings":["THE WRITINGS OF CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.","THE MISCELLANIES.","BOOK I.","CHAPTER II. OBJECTION TO THE NUMBER OF EXTRACTS FROM PHILOSOPHICAL WRITINGS IN THESE BOOKS ANTICIPATED AND ANSWERED."],"marker_anchor":"FNanchor_835","paragraph_id":"pg71937-paragraph-673"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"d80508cfd4b371f137e4ead7153a510f86098ef349d25eae7bbeb5121d63aa66","edition_title":"The writings of Clement of Alexandria, Vol. 1 (of 2)","edition_translators":["William Wilson"],"edition_year":1867,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg71937-Footnote_835","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Existing 1867 English translation; translator died 1875. Electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"Footnote_835","source_ebook":71937,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p><a class=\"label pginternal\" href=\"#FNanchor_835\" id=\"Footnote_835\">[835]</a> Adopting the emendation γλυκύ τι instead of γλυκύτητι.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"8e5c5bc39922dbad2626ac7651c2eb2e3d94cdcbd721f781e9792143ebb1cd03","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/71937/pg71937-images.html#Footnote_835","text_sha256":"f2329e922579c5eb8b99e763586da99bde4f8b8bc3546e967d57c2f18984684f","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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