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Clement of Alexandria
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Introductory Note to Clement of Alexandria
[1584] [This is worth noting. Worse than love of wine, because he regards a love for finery as tending to loss of chastity.]
[1585] Wealth.
[1591] Iphigenia in Aulis, 71–77.
[1592] [The law was the pædagogue of the Jews (Gal. iii. 24); and therefore, as to Gentiles, they were a law unto themselves (Rom. ii. 14, 15), with some truth in their philosophy to guide them.]
[1593] Phaethon of Euripides.
[1594] Gen. vi. 1, 2. [It is surprising with what tenacity this interpretation clings to the ancient mind of the Church. The Nephilim and Gibborim need a special investigation. The Oriental tales of the genii are probably connected with their fabulous history.]
Chapter III.—Against Men Who Embellish Themselves.
[1595] [Heathen manners are here depicted as a warning to Christians. We cannot suppose Christians, as yet, to any extent, corrupted in their manners by fashion and frivolity; for to be a Christian excluded one from temptations of this kind.]
[1596] [Query, De re Nicotiana?]
[1597] [Smelling of Nicotine?]
[1598] Dan. vii. 9. [A truly eloquent passage.]
[1600] Ecclus. xxv. 6.
[1602] [On the other hand, this was Esau’s symbol; and the sensual “satyrs” (Isa. xiii. 2) are “hairy goats,” in the original. So also the originals of “devils” in Lev. xvii. 7, and 2 Chron. xi. 15. See the learned note of Mr. West, in his edition of Leighton, vol. v. p. 161.]
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