122. It is said,
therefore, that in investigating the truth, we must observe what is
seemly. We ought to look for what is true with the greatest
care. We must not put forward falsehood for truth, nor hide the
truth in darkness, nor fill the mind with idle, involved, or doubtful
matters. What so unseemly as to worship a wooden thing, which men
themselves have made? What shows such darkness as to discuss
subjects connected with geometry and astronomy (which they approve of),
to measure the depths of space, to shut up heaven and earth within the
limits of fixed numbers, to leave aside the grounds of salvation and to
seek for error?