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11 Sept 2019

Knowledge And Error


Τινὲς ὑπὲρ τὸ δέον τῇ ἐννοίᾳ ἐπεκταθέντες, ὡς δοκοῦντές τι μεῖζον καταλαβεῖν, ἐξέπσαν μὲν τῆς ἀληθοῦς γνώσεως, μεταπεπτώκασι δὲ εἰς ψευδομένην γνῶσιν· καί γε τοῦτο ματαιότης καθά φησιν Σολομών.

Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ ΡΞΒ'  Κρισπῳ Σκολαριῳ

Source: Migne PG 79 148 
Some having beyond what is suitable for them in the mind, thinking to seize on what is greater, are cut off from true knowledge and tumble into false knowledge, and this is also a vanity, as Solomon says. 1

Saint Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 162, To Crispus the Imperial Guard

1 Eccle 1.12


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