[B-Greek] Clement and "rational"
Harold R. Holmyard III
hholmyard at ont.com
Fri Oct 29 13:45:06 EDT 2004
Dear Stephen,
Thanks for looking this up:
>At 07:47 AM 10/29/2004 -0700, Eric Weiss wrote:
>>Clement of Alexandria: "Agape is truly heavenly food,
>>a rational banquet."
>
>>He groups all of the citations together, and says the
>>quotes from Clement come from INSTRUCTOR 2.1.4,3-4;
>>5,3; 6,1-7,1 ; 9,3)
>
>>I don't have access to a Greek text of Clement of
>>Alexandria, but I'm wondering if the word translated
>>as "rational" is LOGIKOS. Can anyone check into it for
>>me? Thanks!
>
>Among all these cites, I think the closest is Paed.
>2.1.5,3 (Stählin I.157.8): AGAPH DE TWi ONTI EPOURANIOS
>ESTI TROFH, hESTIASIAS LOGIKH.
>
>So you wonder correctly.
HH: Could you possibly translate it: "Love for
what is heavenly is food, a rational feast"?
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
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