The writings of Clement of Alexandria, Vol. 1 (of 2)BOOK II.William Wilson translationChapter navigation87 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE WRITINGS OF CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.INTRODUCTORY NOTICE.EXHORTATION TO THE HEATHEN.Chapter I · EXHORTATION TO ABANDON THE IMPIOUS MYSTERIES OF IDOLATRY FOR THE ADORATION OF THE DIVINE WORD AND GOD THE FATHER.Chapter II · THE ABSURDITY AND IMPIETY OF THE HEATHEN MYSTERIES AND FABLES ABOUT THE BIRTH AND DEATH OF THEIR GODS.Chapter III · THE CRUELTY OF THE SACRIFICES TO THE GODS.Chapter IV · THE ABSURDITY AND SHAMEFULNESS OF THE IMAGES BY WHICH THE GODS ARE WORSHIPPED.Chapter V · THE OPINIONS OF THE PHILOSOPHERS RESPECTING GOD.Chapter VI · BY DIVINE INSPIRATION PHILOSOPHERS SOMETIMES HIT ON THE TRUTH.Chapter VII · THE POETS ALSO BEAR TESTIMONY TO THE TRUTH.Chapter VIII · THE TRUE DOCTRINE IS TO BE SOUGHT IN THE PROPHETS.Chapter IX · “THAT THOSE GRIEVOUSLY SIN WHO DESPISE OR NEGLECT GOD’S GRACIOUS CALLING.”Chapter X · ANSWER TO THE OBJECTION OF THE HEATHEN, THAT IT WAS NOT RIGHT TO ABANDON THE CUSTOMS OF THEIR FATHERS.Chapter XI · HOW GREAT ARE THE BENEFITS CONFERRED ON MAN THROUGH THE ADVENT OF CHRIST.Chapter XII · EXHORTATION TO ABANDON THEIR OLD ERRORS AND LISTEN TO THE INSTRUCTIONS OF CHRIST.BOOK I.Chapter I · THE OFFICE OF THE INSTRUCTOR.Chapter II · OUR INSTRUCTOR’S TREATMENT OF OUR SINS.Chapter III · THE PHILANTHROPY OF THE INSTRUCTOR.Chapter IV · MEN AND WOMEN ALIKE UNDER THE INSTRUCTOR’S CHARGE.Chapter V · ALL WHO WALK ACCORDING TO TRUTH ARE CHILDREN OF GOD.Chapter VI · THE NAME CHILDREN DOES NOT IMPLY INSTRUCTION IN ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES.Chapter VII · WHO THE INSTRUCTOR IS, AND RESPECTING HIS INSTRUCTION.Chapter VIII · AGAINST THOSE WHO THINK THAT WHAT IS JUST IS NOT GOOD.Chapter IX · THAT IT IS THE PREROGATIVE OF THE SAME POWER TO BE BENEFICENT AND TO PUNISH JUSTLY. ALSO THE MANNER OF THE INSTRUCTION OF THE LOGOS.Chapter X · THAT THE SAME GOD, BY THE SAME WORD, RESTRAINS FROM SIN BY THREATENING, AND SAVES HUMANITY BY EXHORTING.Chapter XI · THAT THE WORD INSTRUCTED BY THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS.Chapter XII · THE INSTRUCTOR CHARACTERIZED BY THE SEVERITY AND BENIGNITY OF PATERNAL AFFECTION.Chapter XIII · VIRTUE RATIONAL, SIN IRRATIONAL.BOOK II.Chapter I · ON EATING.Chapter II · ON DRINKING.Chapter III · ON COSTLY VESSELS.Chapter IV · HOW TO CONDUCT OURSELVES AT FEASTS.Chapter V · ON LAUGHTER.Chapter VI · ON FILTHY SPEAKING.Chapter VII · DIRECTIONS FOR THOSE WHO LIVE TOGETHER.Chapter VIII · ON THE USE OF OINTMENTS AND CROWNS.Chapter IX · ON SLEEP.Chapter X · [563] QUÆNAM DE PROCREATIONE LIBERORUM TRACTANDA SINT.Chapter XI · [585] ON CLOTHES.Chapter XII · ON SHOES.Chapter XIII · AGAINST EXCESSIVE FONDNESS FOR JEWELS AND GOLD ORNAMENTS.BOOK III.Chapter I · ON THE TRUE BEAUTY.Chapter II · AGAINST EMBELLISHING THE BODY.Chapter III · AGAINST MEN WHO EMBELLISH THEMSELVES.Chapter IV · WITH WHOM WE ARE TO ASSOCIATE.Chapter V · BEHAVIOUR IN THE BATHS.Chapter VI · THE CHRISTIAN ALONE RICH.Chapter VII · FRUGALITY A GOOD PROVISION FOR THE CHRISTIAN.Chapter VIII · SIMILITUDES AND EXAMPLES A MOST IMPORTANT PART OF RIGHT INSTRUCTION.Chapter IX · WHY WE ARE TO USE THE BATH.Chapter X · THE EXERCISES SUITED TO A GOOD LIFE.Chapter XI · A COMPENDIOUS VIEW OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.Chapter XII · CONTINUATION: WITH TEXTS FROM SCRIPTURE.THE MISCELLANIES.Chapter I · PREFACE—THE AUTHOR’S OBJECT—THE UTILITY OF WRITTEN COMPOSITIONS.Chapter II · OBJECTION TO THE NUMBER OF EXTRACTS FROM PHILOSOPHICAL WRITINGS IN THESE BOOKS ANTICIPATED AND ANSWERED.Chapter III · AGAINST THE SOPHISTS.Chapter IV · HUMAN ARTS AS WELL AS DIVINE KNOWLEDGE PROCEED FROM GOD.Chapter V · PHILOSOPHY THE HANDMAID OF THEOLOGYChapter VI · THE BENEFIT OF CULTURE.Chapter VII · THE ECLECTIC PHILOSOPHY PAVES THE WAY FOR DIVINE VIRTUE.Chapter VIII · THE SOPHISTICAL ARTS USELESS.Chapter IX · HUMAN KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE SCRIPTURES.Chapter X · TO ACT WELL OF GREATER CONSEQUENCE THAN TO SPEAK WELL.Chapter XI · WHAT IS THE PHILOSOPHY WHICH THE APOSTLE BIDS US SHUN?Chapter XII · THE MYSTERIES OF THE FAITH NOT TO BE DIVULGED TO ALL.Chapter XIII · ALL SECTS OF PHILOSOPHY CONTAIN A GERM OF TRUTH.Chapter XIV · SUCCESSION OF PHILOSOPHERS IN GREECE.Chapter XV · THE GREEK PHILOSOPHY IN GREAT PART DERIVED FROM THE BARBARIANS.Chapter XVI · THAT THE INVENTORS OF OTHER ARTS WERE MOSTLY BARBARIANS.Chapter XVII · ON THE SAYING OF THE SAVIOUR, “ALL THAT CAME BEFORE ME WERE THIEVES AND ROBBERS.”[953]Chapter XVIII · HE ILLUSTRATES THE APOSTLE’S SAYING, “I WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE.”Chapter XIX · THAT THE PHILOSOPHERS HAVE ATTAINED TO SOME PORTION OF TRUTH.Chapter XX · IN WHAT RESPECT PHILOSOPHY CONTRIBUTES TO THE COMPREHENSION OF DIVINE TRUTH.Chapter XXI · THE JEWISH INSTITUTIONS AND LAWS OF FAR HIGHER ANTIQUITY THAN THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE GREEKS.Chapter XXII · ON THE GREEK TRANSLATION OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.Chapter XXIII · THE AGE, BIRTH, AND LIFE OF MOSES.Chapter XXIV · HOW MOSES DISCHARGED THE PART OF A MILITARY LEADER.Chapter XXV · PLATO AN IMITATOR OF MOSES IN FRAMING LAWS.Chapter XXVI · MOSES RIGHTLY CALLED A DIVINE LEGISLATOR, AND, THOUGH INFERIOR TO CHRIST, FAR SUPERIOR TO THE GREAT LEGISLATORS OF THE GREEKS, MINOS AND LYCURGUS.Chapter XXVII · THE LAW, EVEN IN CORRECTING AND PUNISHING, AIMS AT THE GOOD OF MEN.Chapter XXVIII · THE FOURFOLD DIVISION OF THE MOSAIC LAW.Chapter XXIX · THE GREEKS BUT CHILDREN COMPARED WITH THE HEBREWS.Previous chapter ←Book 1 — Chapter XIII · VIRTUE RATIONAL, SIN IRRATIONAL.Next chapter →Book 2 — Chapter I · ON EATING.All chapters and sections (87)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE WRITINGS OF CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA.INTRODUCTORY NOTICE.EXHORTATION TO THE HEATHEN.Chapters123456789101112Books1Book 1 · Chapters12345678910111213Books2Book 2 · Chapters12345678910111213Books3Book 3 · Chapters123456789101112Book 3 · Other sectionsTHE MISCELLANIES.Book 1 · Chapters1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829← CHAPTER XIII. 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