Dear all:
I came across this little 'saying' in one of Grosseteste's unedited
works. As clever as I think he was, this is probably a citation and
not his own. It follows a short citation from Seneca's Epist.
morales ad Lucillum 1.6. Sounds to me like a gloss (hey, you
poetry periti: does it scan???--I am useless with latin verse), but I
have no idea where to look for this kind of thing:
Discere namque ut scias, curiositatis est; discere ut sciaris,
uanitatis est; discere ut tibi prospicias, prudencie <est>; et discere
ut doceas, pietatis est.
Does this ring a bell with anyone?
Cheers
Jim
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Dr James R Ginther
Dept. of Theology and Religious Studies
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT UK
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