Knowledge

It will set out the teachings dogmatized by the notable heresies, and will answer them with all that ought to be arranged beforehand for the knowledge that comes by the higher contemplation — a knowledge which will advance for us, as we proceed according to the glorious and venerable rule of the tradition from the genesis of the world, setting out first the things that must be grasped before the c …

And so the Lord did not forbid us to "keep sabbath" from the good, but allowed us to share the divine mysteries and that holy light with those able to receive them.

that the seal of knowledge is sovereign, composed of nature, learning, and exercise.

only a simpleton can think that by his wealth alone without knowledge he will be reputed good at something, or will enjoy a good reputation without being reputed good at anything in particular.

Do you think there is a doctrine and science of the just, as there is of letters?

Then is this name given to those who are ignorant of the beautiful and good and just?

The rank of knowledge is the highest of ranks.

and knows that He is aware of all that he does and hearing of all that he says — and this knowledge becomes for him of the order of the knowledge of certainty — he does not disobey God.

So when knowledge is attained of what is in the present — the ugliness of abasing oneself before one who is his like or below him, and the ugliness of haughtiness toward one who is his like or above him — and he knows what is in the outcome, of the evil of the reckoning and the pain of the punishment, and he attains independence of the superfluous need by abandonment and of the essential need by c …

And know that the origin of the bestial attributes is ignorance and need, and the origin of the angelic attributes is knowledge and self-sufficiency.

Knowledge, approaching a Brāhmaṇa, said:

"But impart me to that Brāhmaṇa whom you know to be pure, a steadfast *brahmachari*, and a watchful guardian of the treasure." // Mn_2.115 //