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Quote by Claudius Aelianus

“When Diogenes came to Olympia and perceived some Rhodian youths dressed with great splendor and magnificence, he said with a smile of contempt, "This is all arrogance." Afterwards some Lacedemonians came in his way, as mean and as sordid in their attire as the dress of the others was rich. "This," said he, "is also arrogance.”

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Claudius Aelianus

Claudius Aelianus was a renowned Greek-Roman author born in 175 AD and died in 235 AD. He is best known for his works on history, natural history, and zoology, with his most famous work being 'On the Nature of Animals'. Aelianus's contributions to classical literature have had a profound impact on scholars throughout history. more

“Just as it is the province of science to find out what the facts of life are, to classify them and use them to verify or discredit whatever theory may have been advanced concerning them, so it is the province of a living theology to be constantly seeking from God the wit and wisdom that will interpret anew and more truly the parable of life.”

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Book:Immortality: An Essay in Discovery, Co-ordinating Scientific, Psychical, and Biblical Research

Source: Immortality: An Essay in Discovery, Co-ordinating Scientific, Psychical, and Biblical Research

“when Christian theology becomes traditionalism and men fail to hold and use it as they do a living language, it becomes an obstacle, not a help to religious conviction. To the greatest of the early Fathers and the great scholastics theology was a language which, like all language, had a grammar and a vocabulary from the past, but which they used to express all the knowledge and experience of their own time as well.”