Origins of the Greek knowledge (1)

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Clement of Alexandria, Protreptikos 6.60:
“Whence, Plato, do you hint at the truth? Whence comes it that this abundant supply of words proclaims as in an oracle the fear of God?” - “The barbarian races,” he answers, “are wiser than the Greeks.” (Phaedo 78a) I know your teachers, even if you would fain conceal them. You learn geometry from the Egyptians, astronomy from the Babylonians, healing incantations you obtain from the Thracians, and the Assyrians have taught you much; but as to your laws (in so far as they are true) and your belief about God, you have been helped by the Hebrews themselves.

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Clement of Alexandria, Protreptikos 6.60
Plato, Phaedo 78a

Bibliography

Amar Annus

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