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The difference, for Origen, was that Plato's ideas could be accessed only by those with a scholarly education: it is as though Plato spiced his dish to please the upper-class palate, whereas Christian preachers, flavoring their sermons with pistis, “[cooked] for the multitude.”
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Interesting. Blind faith for the public
The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity's Search for Meaning
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