Clement of Alexandria: STROMATA (MISCELLANIES), Part IV, Complete

Translated by Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson.

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He then adds expressly:--

"Reason governs mortals, and alone preserves manners."

Then:--

"There is in man reasoning; and there is a divine Reason. [3145]

Reason is implanted in man to provide for life and sustenance,

But divine Reason attends the arts in the case of all,

Teaching them always what it is advantageous to do.

For it was not man that discovered art, but God brought it;

And the Reason of man derives its origin from the divine Reason."

The Spirit also cries by Isaiah: "Wherefore the multitude of sacrifices? saith the Lord. I am full of holocausts of rams, and the fat of lambs and the blood of bulls I wish not;" and a little after adds: "Wash you, and be clean. Put away wickedness from your souls," [3146] and so forth.

[3145] logos [or Word].

[3146] Isa. i. 11, 16.

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