{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p>Now Plato the philosopher, defining the end of happiness, says that\r\nit is likeness to God as far as possible; whether concurring with\r\nthe precept of the law (for great natures that are free of passions\r\nsomehow hit the mark respecting<span class=\"pagenum\" id=\"Page_59\">[59]</span> the truth, as the Pythagorean\r\nPhilo says in relating the history of Moses), or whether instructed\r\nby certain oracles of the time, thirsting as he always was for\r\ninstruction. For the law says, “Walk after the Lord your God, and keep\r\nmy commandments.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_212\" id=\"FNanchor_212\">[212]</a> For the law calls assimilation following; and\r\nsuch a following to the utmost of its power assimilates. “Be,” says the\r\nLord, “merciful and pitiful, as your heavenly Father is pitiful.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_213\" id=\"FNanchor_213\">[213]</a>\r\nThence also the Stoics have laid down the doctrine, that living\r\nagreeably to nature is the end, fitly altering the name of God into\r\nnature; since also nature extends to plants, to seeds, to trees, and to\r\nstones. It is therefore plainly said, “Bad men do not understand the\r\nlaw, but they who love the law fortify themselves with a wall.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_214\" id=\"FNanchor_214\">[214]</a>\r\n“For the wisdom of the clever knows its ways; but the folly of the\r\nfoolish is in error.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_215\" id=\"FNanchor_215\">[215]</a> “For on whom will I look, but on him who is\r\nmild and gentle, and trembleth at my words?” says the prophecy.</p>","headings":["THE WRITINGS OF CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.","BOOK II.","CHAPTER XIX. THE TRUE GNOSTIC IS AN IMITATOR OF GOD, ESPECIALLY IN BENEFICENCE."],"marker_anchor":"FNanchor_213","paragraph_id":"pg73020-paragraph-92"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"b495f63c4eb484e5adf7fbff6e5c46dd6920dd12cc53bf7301d7f4f0383b53f5","edition_title":"The writings of Clement of Alexandria, Vol. 2 (of 2)","edition_translators":["William Wilson"],"edition_year":1869,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"LUK","chapter":6,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"Luke vi. 36","verse":36,"verse_end":36}],"headings":[],"id":"pg73020-Footnote_213","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_213","source_ebook":73020,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p><a class=\"label pginternal\" href=\"#FNanchor_213\" id=\"Footnote_213\">[213]</a> Luke vi. 36.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"c35077683d75abe553cc6ef5d3ef5a1a978f07dfbcf4bad5c3d56302ad03dc19","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/73020/pg73020-images.html#Footnote_213","text_sha256":"9ddd6aef80c79b11f965f25bbf9d4c237c9cf53661e17691f74b41ac0bc96cb2","verified":false,"work_id":null}