{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p>But prophecy does not employ figurative forms in the expressions for\r\nthe sake of beauty of diction. But from the fact that truth appertains\r\nnot to all, it is veiled in manifold ways, causing the light to arise\r\nonly on those who are initiated into knowledge, who seek the truth\r\nthrough love. The proverb, according to the Barbarian philosophy, is\r\ncalled a mode of prophecy, and the parable is so called, and the enigma\r\nin addition. Further also, they are called “wisdom;” and again, as\r\nsomething different from it, “instruction and words of prudence,”<span class=\"pagenum\" id=\"Page_381\">[381]</span> and\r\n“turnings of words,” and “true righteousness;” and again, “teaching to\r\ndirect judgment,” and “subtlety to the simple,” which is the result of\r\ntraining, “and perception and thought,” with which the young catechumen\r\nis imbued.<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1135\" id=\"FNanchor_1135\">[1135]</a> “He who hears these prophets, being wise, will be\r\nwiser. And the intelligent man will acquire rule, and will understand a\r\nparable and a dark saying, the words and enigmas of the wise.”<a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_1136\" id=\"FNanchor_1136\">[1136]</a></p>","headings":["THE WRITINGS OF CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.","BOOK VI.","CHAPTER XV. DIFFERENT DEGREES OF KNOWLEDGE.","Reasons for the meaning of Scripture being veiled."],"marker_anchor":"FNanchor_1136","paragraph_id":"pg73020-paragraph-827"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"fcd65680a905c0187c4c89bb0f886c877628dda460ce2b0bb72b5a5c86bc28a2","edition_title":"The writings of Clement of Alexandria, Vol. 2 (of 2)","edition_translators":["William Wilson"],"edition_year":1869,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"PRO","chapter":1,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"Prov. i. 5","verse":5,"verse_end":5}],"headings":[],"id":"pg73020-Footnote_1136","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_1136","source_ebook":73020,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p><a class=\"label pginternal\" href=\"#FNanchor_1136\" id=\"Footnote_1136\">[1136]</a> Prov. i. 5, 6.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"c35077683d75abe553cc6ef5d3ef5a1a978f07dfbcf4bad5c3d56302ad03dc19","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/73020/pg73020-images.html#Footnote_1136","text_sha256":"04406c1af0302f7f0c75c56e78581030b0773cbf9eabee78b2b934af89f6a800","verified":false,"work_id":null}