Hermias (; sometimes Hermias Philosophus or Hermias the Philosopher; grc-gre, Ἑρμείας) was an obscure

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apologist, presumed to have lived in 3rd century. Nothing is known of him, except his name. He wrote a ''Derision of gentile philosophers'' (''Diasyrmos ton Exo Philosophon''), a short parody on Greek philosophical themes (the nature of the body, the

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, the world). From

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's statement in the

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that "all worldly knowledge is foolishness to God" he affirms that all philosophical doctrines come from the apostasy of the angels and therefore wrong and laughable. Hermias relies rather on

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and

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culture critique and on philosophical biographies and anedoctes than in their real writings.

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''Derision of gentile philosophers''
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