The Enchiridion on Faith, Hope and LoveAeterna Press I Cannot express, my beloved son Laurentius, the delight with which I witness your progress in knowledge, and the earnest desire I have that you should be a wise man: not one of those of whom it is said, “Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?” but one of those of whom it is said, “The multitude of the wise is the welfare of the world,” and such as the apostles wishes those to become, whom he tells,” I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.” Now, just as no one can exist of himself, so no one can be wise of himself, but only by the enlightening influence of Him of whom it is written,” All wisdom cometh from the Lord.” Aeterna Press |
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... deceives and none is deceived. In this life men deceiveand are deceived, and are actually worse off when they deceive by lying than whenthey are deceived by believing lies. Yet our rational mind shrinks from falsehood, and naturally ...
... deceived. Likewise,a manis not a liar, though hecould be charged with rashness, when he incautiously accepts as true ... deceived is a lesser evil than tolie, as farasa man's intentions are concerned. Butitisfar more tolerablethat aman ...
... deceived inmatters where faith and knowledge are prerequisite tothe proper service of God. To illustrate what I meanby examples: If oneman liesbysaying that adead manis alive, and another man, being deceived, believesthat Christ will ...
... evenif these mistakes do notaffect that faithby which we move forwardto affirm truth and eternal beatitude,yet theyare not unrelated tothe misery in whichwe stillexist. Actually, ofcourse, we would be deceived in nothing at all,
Saint Augustine of Hippo, Aeterna Press. Actually, ofcourse, we would be deceived in nothing at all, either in our ... deceive. Now clearly, language, in itsproper function, was developed notas ameans whereby men coulddeceive one another ...