{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">5. Paul, indeed, observing that there are in Greek philosophy\r\ncertain things not to be lightly esteemed, which are\r\nplausible in the eyes of the many, but which represent falsehood\r\nas truth, says with regard to such: “Beware lest any\r\nman spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after\r\nthe tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and\r\nnot after Christ.”<a id=\"r1132\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f1132\"><sup>[1132]</sup></a> And seeing that there was a kind of\r\ngreatness manifest in the words of the world’s wisdom, he\r\nsaid that the words of the philosophers were “according to\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_397\">397</span>the rudiments of the world.” No man of sense, however,\r\nwould say that those of Celsus were “according to the rudiments\r\nof the world.” Now those words, which contained\r\nsome element of deceitfulness, the apostle named “vain\r\ndeceit,” probably by way of distinction from a deceit that was\r\nnot “vain;” and the prophet Jeremiah observing this, ventured\r\nto say to God, “O Lord, Thou hast deceived me, and I\r\nwas deceived; Thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed.”<a id=\"r1133\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f1133\"><sup>[1133]</sup></a>\r\nBut in the language of Celsus there seems to me to be no\r\ndeceitfulness at all, not even that which is “vain;” such\r\ndeceitfulness, viz., as is found in the language of those who\r\nhave founded philosophical sects, and who have been endowed\r\nwith no ordinary talent for such pursuits. And as no one\r\nwould say that any ordinary error in geometrical demonstrations\r\nwas intended to deceive, or would describe it for the sake\r\nof exercise in such matters;<a id=\"r1134\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f1134\"><sup>[1134]</sup></a> so those opinions which are to\r\nbe styled “vain deceit,” and the “tradition of men,” and\r\n“according to the rudiments of the world,” must have some\r\nresemblance to the views of those who have been the founders\r\nof philosophical sects, [if such titles are to be appropriately\r\napplied to them].</p>","headings":["The Writings of Origen, Vol. 1 of 2","ORIGEN CONTRA CELSUM.","ORIGEN AGAINST CELSUS. BOOK I.","PREFACE."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70561-paragraph-397"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"ff3e5231e92b4bfa0680d1dab784ec9a34769d6fa0067cb8cb5a25cb6f2b3c18","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 1 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1869,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg70561-f1134","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 1889. Electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f1134","source_ebook":70561,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1134\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1134\">1134</a>. </span><span lang=\"grc\">Καὶ ὥσπερ οὐ τὸ τυχὸν τῶν ψευδομένων ἐν γεωμετρικοῖς θεωρήμασι\r\nψευδογραφούμενον τις ἄν λέγοι, ἢ καὶ ἀναγράφοι γυμνασίου ἕνεκεν τοῦ ἀπὸ\r\nτοιούτων.</span> <abbr class=\"spell\">Cf.</abbr> note of Ruæus <i>in loc.</i></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"de125e213d16053354f22b34a1c8d477ac23f201e660e4f4841b2ed7e05bb367","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70561/pg70561-images.html#f1134","text_sha256":"2493254009efc761284e62478096f211b58b9050c82bea7ef59640b905381c31","verified":false,"work_id":null}