"Let no one be shocked if, with reference to the creation of the world, I should invoke the testimony of pagan philosophers rather than the church fathers…. Let us then borrow from them and, with God’s help and command, rob the pagan philosophers of their wisdom and eloquence. Let us take from the unfaithful so as to enrich ourselves faithfully with the spoils."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
quoted in Euclid and Jesus, How and why the church changed mathematics and Christianity across two religious wars C. K. Raju
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hellenization
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Hellenization
2 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Hellenization →
Related Quotes
"Only when it started emerging from the Dark Age did Europe first come to know of the Elements—through 12th c. transla…"
"I will a tale to thee rehearse, a tale of import mighty; And if attention you do lend, I hope the tale will please yo…"
"Well, at the time that I am telling you about, in those days the lord of Vlachia and of all Hellas, of Arta and Yanni…"
"Τὸν μέγαν Ἀκροκόρινθον Ἀχαιικὸν, Ἑλλάδος ἄστρον, καὶ διπλῆν Ἰσθμοῦ σύνδρομον ἠιόνα Λεύκιος ἐστυφέλιξε: δοριπτοίητα δὲ…"
"Ποῦ τὸ περίβλεπτον κάλλος σέο, Δωρὶ Κόρινθε; ποῦ στεφάναι πύργων, ποῦ τὰ πάλαι κτέανα, ποῦ νηοὶ μακάρων, ποῦ δώματα, …"
"And now many joyfull thanks from him redounded, I returned keeping the high way, where incontinent I encountred two E…"
"In my first abode in Canea, being a fortnight, there came 6. Gallies from Venice, upon one of which there was a young…"
"South-west from this famous harbour, lieth a pleasant plaine surnamed the Valley of Suda: It is twenty Italian Miles …"
"At last the respective Italian, perceiving I was a stranger, and could not speake the Cretan tongue, began to aske me…"
"Leaving them with many counterfeit thankes, I travelled that day seaven and thirty miles, and at night attained to th…"