29 Nov 2022

Wisdom And The Right And The Left

Mῆκος γὰρ βίου καὶ ἔτη ζωῆς ἐν τῇ δεξιᾷ αὐτῆς ἐν δὲ τῇ ἀριστερᾷ αὐτῆς πλοῦτος καὶ δόξα

Δεξιὰ αὐτῆς, ἡ τῶν θείων ἐπιστήμη, ἐξ ὧν ἡ αἰώνιος ζωή· ἀριστερα δὲ, ἡ τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων γνῶσις.

Δίδυμος Αλεξανδρεύς, Εἰς Παροιμιας

Source: Migne PG 39.1625c
Wisdom holds out long life in her right hand, and in her left riches and glory. 1

The right hand is the knowlege of Divine things, from which there is eternal life; the left hand is the knowledge of human things.

Didymus the Blind, On Proverbs, fragment

1 Prov 3.16

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