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Iohannes
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“Wonder (θαυμάζω) is the only beginning of philosophy, and he was a good genealogist who made Iris the daughter of Thaumas”
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“Even the tiniest plant that blooms for a fortnight and then is seen no more is vaster in its metaphysical roots than the entire cosmos in its visible form: for these roots extend into eternity. And how much more does this apply to man! "Before I formed thee in the womb, I knew the" (Jer. 1:5)”
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“Philosophy is nothing else than striving through constant contemplation and saintly piety to attain knowledge of God.”
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“Il n’y a de grand parmi les hommes que le poète, le prêtre et le soldat; l'homme qui chante, l'homme qui bénit, l'homme qui sacrifie et se sacrifie. Le reste est fait pour le fouet.”
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“contredisez sans cesse cet esprit de nouveauté et de changement, jusque dans les petites choses; laissez pendre sur vos murs les tapisseries enfumées de vos aïeux; chargez vos tables de leur pesante argenterie. Vous dites: ‘Mon père est mort dans cette maison, il faut que je la vende !’ Anathème sur ce sophisme de l’insensibilité ! dites au contraire : ‘Il y est mort, je ne puis plus la vendre’.”
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