Bill,
Thanks for the reference to Wisdom in response to my sigfile quotes
from Origen, which I recently added while serving on a committee to
revise the core curriculum for undergraduates (potential turf battles
between humanities and science, among other things).
I don't know much about the history of the apocryphal text Wisdom of
Solomon, but the passage you cited does sound similar to Romans 1, which
is what Origen was commenting on. Is Paul's letter linked to or derived
from Wisdom? Just curious.
Karen
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University of Hawai`i at Manoa
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>From this we infer that all who live on this earth have to begin with
the use of the senses upon sensible objects in order to go on from them
to a knowledge of the nature of intellectual things. Yet their
knowledge must not stop short with the objects of sense.
Origen, Against Celsus 37 (ANF 4:625)
These things apply to all human beings who possess natural reason. Yet
they more specifically apply to those called philosophers, who are wise
in the things of this world. Their job is to ponder the creatures of
this world and everything which is made in it, and from the things which
are seen, to perceive in their minds the things which are invisible.
Origen, Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans (CER 1:142)
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