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“Whence is it that you found the truth, o, Plato? … I know your teachers, although you seek to conceal them: you learned geometry from the Egyptians, astronomy from the Babylonians, you received pious invocations from the Thracians; the Assyrians taught you a great deal. > 1/2
>And, to the extent the laws [you expound] are true and glorify God, you have benefited yourself from the Jews.”
—Clement of Alexandria, Protrepticus 2/2
—Clement of Alexandria, Protrepticus 2/2
Klement adds that Plato took up the doctrine of the immortal soul from Pythagoras, who in turn had appropriated this from the Egyptians.
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
Origen’s preface [to On First Principles] provides a key to his intentions. He begins by arguing that those who believe and are persuaded that Christ is God’s Logos and Truth must seek the truth through Christ’s teachings. —J. Trigg #MindfromWithout (θύραθεν νοῦς)
...Since Christ is the Logos, these constitute the entire Bible, not just Christ’s words recorded in the Gospels.
Origen then says: because many who profess to believe in Christ disagree, not just in small and trivial matters, but also in ones of great and the greatest importance, that is about God, or about our Lord Jesus Christ himself, or about the Holy Spirit, and not just about these,>
