Christ the EducatorClement of Alexandria, a scholar who flourished around the turn of the third century, devoted this work to instructing Christian converts on the nature of the Christian life. Another of his books, the Protreptikos, was intended as an outreach to pagans, and this book, the Paidagogos (called here Christ the Educator), was to serve as a guide to Christian living for baptized individuals who were still young in the faith. A sober lifestyle of moderation and self-restraint should characterize every Christian, and Clement's thinking on ethics reveals the influence of Stoic philosophy. |
Contents
BOOK ONE | 3 |
Chapter 2 | 5 |
Chapter 3 | 9 |
Chapter 4 | 11 |
Chapter 5 | 12 |
Chapter 6 | 24 |
Chapter 7 | 49 |
Chapter 8 | 56 |
Chapter 7 | 140 |
Chapter 8 | 146 |
Chapter 9 | 159 |
Chapter 10 | 164 |
Chapter 11 | 189 |
Chapter 12 | 190 |
BOOK THREE | 199 |
Chapter 2 | 202 |
Chapter 9 | 67 |
Chapter 10 | 79 |
Chapter 11 | 84 |
Chapter 12 | 86 |
Chapter 13 | 89 |
BOOK TWO | 93 |
Chapter 2 | 110 |
Chapter 3 | 124 |
Chapter 4 | 129 |
Chapter 5 | 134 |
Chapter 6 | 137 |
Chapter 3 | 211 |
Chapter 4 | 220 |
Chapter 5 | 225 |
Chapter 6 | 227 |
Chapter 7 | 230 |
Chapter 8 | 233 |
Chapter 9 | 237 |
Chapter 10 | 239 |
Chapter 11 | 242 |
Chapter 12 | 263 |
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