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Origen deplored Plato, who took pains to learn the languages of Easterners, thus, ‘instead of remaining a Greek’, he opted for ‘behaving as a barbarian in order to benefit Egyptians & Syrians’, wherefore he ended up saying nothing helpful both to those barbarians & to the Greeks.
#Porphyry did not see Plato as an authority, not to mention his loathing of Socrates.
Aeneas of Gaza writes with contempt of Plato having misused the knowledge he received from the Egyptians and introducing transmigration of souls to animals, unlike ‘Plotinus, Harpocration, Boethus, and Numenius.’
A reading from the Book of the holy Prophet Hosea (6:1-6)
Come, let us return to the Lord,/ it is he who has rent, but he will heal us;/ he has struck us, but he will bind our wounds./ He will revive us after two days;/ on the third day he will raise us up,/ to live in his presence./
#AntecedentCauses
#AntecedentCauses
Let us know, let us strive to know the Lord;/ as certain as the dawn is his coming,/ and his judgment shines forth like the light of day!/ He will come to us like the rain,/ like spring rain that waters the earth.”
What can I do with you, Ephraim?/ What can I do with you, Judah?/
What can I do with you, Ephraim?/ What can I do with you, Judah?/
Justinian weaponized the word “orthodox”; claiming rights (™️©️) over YOUR thoughts!!
#AGAINSTJUSTINIAN
#dontbethatguy! 🤫
#AGAINSTJUSTINIAN
#dontbethatguy! 🤫
Growing up is hard to do... #SoulBecomingNous #CompletionofReason #MindfromWithout (θύραθεν νοῦς) #AntecedentCauses
#SoulBecomingNous #irrationality #ReturntoReason #CompletionofReason #MindfromWithout (θύραθεν νοῦς)
"One who is truly humble does not humble himself shamefully and unworthily, groveling on his knees, throwing himself prone on the ground, wearing the clothing of those who are destitute, and covering himself with dust."—Origen #SoulBecomingNous
