Surely the Scito te ipsum - 'Know thyself' (not 'I know thee
thyself'), a.k.a. the Ethics
Julia Barrow (in pedant mode)
Possibly incidental, but supportively useful, I hope:In his highly
contentious SCIO TE IPSUM, the ever more contentious Abelard ( Bk.
II, I think) lashes out specifically against not only the timing, but
the authority and authenticity of death-bed confession/ conversions.
Uttered, he suspected, out of fear for the consequences rather than
love of God, or a true metanoia. In a pitiable gesture of
theological/bartering,these statements were useless formulae, he
suggests, and would 'negotiate" nothing. Their peculiar authoritative
weight seemed to genuinely puzzle him. Regards: Josef Gulka
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