“Only God is declared to be wise. He is defined as wise because he does not receive wisdom from another, nor does he participate in the wisdom of another. Many in fact are called wise, not by their nature but by the fact that wisdom is communicated to them. God, by contrast, who did not become wise by participation in…”
Didymus the Blind, 4th c. — ON THE HOLY SPIRIT 1:21
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24But the multitude of the wise is the welfare of the world: and a wise king is the upholding of the people.
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22As for wisdom, what she is, and how she came up, I will tell you, and will not hide mysteries from you: but will seek her out from the beginning of her nativity, and bring the knowledge of her into light, and will not pass over the truth.
23Neither will I go with consuming envy; for such a man shall have no fellowship with wisdom.
— Wisdom of Solomon 6:24 —
25Receive therefore instruction through my words, and it shall do you good.