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Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (360)
Do not wish to speak with a crowd about God.
Life of Pythagoras
SELECT SENTENCES OF SEXTUS THE PYTHAGOREAN. (39-40)
Speak not of God to every man. It is dangerous, and the danger is not small, to speak of God even things which are true. (40) A true assertion...
Life of Pythagoras
SELECT SENTENCES OF SEXTUS THE PYTHAGOREAN. (50)
To use many words when speaking of God, produces an ignorance of God. The man who possesses a knowledge of God, will not be very ambitious.
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XIV: Greek Plagiarism From the Hebrews. (42)
We are not, then, to think of God according to the opinion of the multitude.
Teachings of Silvanus
Teachings of Silvanus (85)
And be not as the merchants of the Word of God.
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XVIII: The Use of Philosophy to the Gnostic. (12)
I do not say His name. For to name it is common, not to philosophers only, but also to poets. Nor [do I say] His essence; for this is impossible, but ...
Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth
Vision of the Eighth and the Ninth (7)
"Child, I say nothing about this. It is right before god for us to be silent about what is hidden."