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1 1 | I. OF DIVINE AND HUMAN WISDOM.~I HAVE often observed, 2 1 | that there was no human wisdom. He so despised, derided, 3 1 | therefore, there is no human wisdom, as Socrates taught, as 4 1 | been able to attain true wisdom, nor to comprehend the system 5 5 | a man, provided he be of wisdom and authority, how much 6 7 | alone is furnished with wisdom, so that he alone understands 7 7 | animals should have more wisdom, or human nature should 8 7 | to man on account of his wisdom. Wherefore if reason, if 9 8 | without destroying our hold of wisdom, by which we are separated 10 10| or the voice, or his very wisdom? Does any man of sound mind, 11 10| gave a portion of His own wisdom, and furnished him with 12 12| the impious and detestable wisdom, or rather senselessness 13 12| religion is taken away, neither wisdom nor justice can be retained: 14 12| justice can be retained: wisdom, because the understanding 15 13| workmanship, He breathed wisdom into him alone, so that 16 13| inasmuch as He gave to him wisdom, the whole nature of which 17 13| before it, then at length wisdom discharges its office, and 18 13| man--all the material of wisdom is taken away, and will 19 13| of good and evil, unless wisdom is added to them, by which 20 13| we have greater need of wisdom on account of evils; and 21 13| He at the same time gives wisdom, as I have shown; and there 22 13| goodness and pleasure in wisdom than of annoyance in evils. 23 13| annoyance in evils. For wisdom causes us even to know God, 24 13| if evils are taken away, wisdom is in like manner taken 25 17| accordance with justice and wisdom. But the Stoics did not 26 22| of the Supreme God--that wisdom consists. All the prophets, 27 22| those who make a display of wisdom by their hair and dress, 28 23| And since He begat us to wisdom, and produced us to righteousness, 29 23| brightness and light of wisdom. And if we believe that