{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p>But, as appears, the philosophers of the Greeks, while naming God,\r\ndo not know Him. But their philosophical speculations, according to\r\nEmpedocles, “as passing over the tongue of the multitude, are poured\r\nout of mouths that know little of the whole.” For as art changes the\r\nlight of the sun into fire by passing it through a glass vessel full of\r\nwater, so also philosophy, catching a spark from the divine Scripture,\r\nis visible in a few. Also, as all animals breathe the same air, some\r\nin one way, others in another, and to a different purpose; so also a\r\nconsiderable number of people occupy themselves with the truth, or\r\nrather with discourse concerning the truth. For they do not say aught\r\nrespecting God, but expound Him by attributing their own affections to\r\nGod. For they spend life in seeking the probable, not the true. But\r\ntruth is not taught by imitation, but by instruction. For it is not\r\nthat we may seem good<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1164\" id=\"FNanchor_1164\">[1164]</a> that we believe in Christ, as it is not\r\nalone for the purpose of being seen, while in the sun, that we pass\r\ninto the sun. But in the one case for the purpose of being warmed;\r\nand in the other, we are compelled to be Christians in order to be\r\nexcellent and<span class=\"pagenum\" id=\"Page_394\">[394]</span> good. For the kingdom belongs pre-eminently to the\r\nviolent, who, from investigation, and study, and discipline, reap this\r\nfruit, that they become kings.</p>","headings":["THE WRITINGS OF CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.","BOOK VI.","CHAPTER XVII. PHILOSOPHY CONVEYS ONLY AN IMPERFECT KNOWLEDGE OF GOD."],"marker_anchor":"FNanchor_1164","paragraph_id":"pg73020-paragraph-867"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"7373833b6c536c9f3f0c1a3813384dd422e5eeea4545a20976ec751aa154dd75","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_1164","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_1164","source_ebook":73020,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p><a class=\"label pginternal\" href=\"#FNanchor_1164\" id=\"Footnote_1164\">[1164]</a> ἀγαθοί εἰς are supplied here to complete.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"c35077683d75abe553cc6ef5d3ef5a1a978f07dfbcf4bad5c3d56302ad03dc19","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/73020/pg73020-images.html#Footnote_1164","text_sha256":"4b067c4262bc2ff76e1a1f8953a3a41f318b0323efb6e20a322e304d023a52d4","verified":false,"work_id":null}