Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p>Now, discoursing on knowledge, Solomon speaks thus: “For wisdom is\r\nresplendent and fadeless, and is easily beheld by those who love her.\r\nShe is beforehand in making herself known to those who desire her. He\r\nthat rises early for her shall not toil wearily. For to think about\r\nher is the perfection of good sense. And he that keeps vigils for her\r\nshall quickly be relieved of anxiety. For she goes about, herself\r\nseeking those worthy of her (for knowledge belongs not to all); and\r\nin all ways she benignly shows herself to them.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1124\" id=\"FNanchor_1124\">[1124]</a> Now the paths\r\nare the conduct of life, and the variety that exists in the covenants.\r\nPresently he adds: “And in every thought she meets them,”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1125\" id=\"FNanchor_1125\">[1125]</a> being\r\nvariously contemplated, that is, by all discipline. Then he subjoins,\r\nadducing love, which perfects by syllogistic reasoning and<span class=\"pagenum\" id=\"Page_375\">[375]</span> true\r\npropositions, drawing thus a most convincing and true inference, “For\r\nthe beginning of her is the truest desire of instruction,” that is,\r\nof knowledge; “prudence is the love of instruction, and love is the\r\nkeeping of its laws; and attention to its laws is the confirmation of\r\nimmortality; and immortality causes nearness to God. The desire of\r\nwisdom leads, then, to the kingdom.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1126\" id=\"FNanchor_1126\">[1126]</a></p>","headings":["THE WRITINGS OF CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.","BOOK VI.","CHAPTER XV. DIFFERENT DEGREES OF KNOWLEDGE.","Knowledge and love."],"marker_anchor":"FNanchor_1125","paragraph_id":"pg73020-paragraph-812"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"d4bc68d5a162606018a085dd58d50569c54fa12269abeca7e5c32d2dc74e4bf4","edition_title":"The writings of Clement of Alexandria, Vol. 2 (of 2)","edition_translators":["William Wilson"],"edition_year":1869,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg73020-Footnote_1125","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 1869 English translation; translator died 1875. Electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"Footnote_1125","source_ebook":73020,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p><a class=\"label pginternal\" href=\"#FNanchor_1125\" id=\"Footnote_1125\">[1125]</a> Wisd. vi. 16.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"c35077683d75abe553cc6ef5d3ef5a1a978f07dfbcf4bad5c3d56302ad03dc19","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/73020/pg73020-images.html#Footnote_1125","text_sha256":"1e094856a2067dacb692a4e0dc00aa1f579f4fb61edfc10a09a9a28848715f0e","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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