''Paedagogus'' ( el, Παιδαγωγός, "Pedagogue") is the second in the great trilogy of
Clement of Alexandria
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Having laid a foundation in the knowledge of divine truth in the first book, he goes on in the ''Paedagogus'' to develop a Christian ethic. His design does not prevent him from taking a large part of his material from the
Stoic
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Musonius Rufus
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, the master of
Epictetus
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; but for Clement the real instructor is the incarnate Logos.
The first book deals with the religious basis of Christian morality, the second and third with the individual cases of conduct. As with Epictetus, true virtue shows itself with him in its external evidences by a natural, simple, and moderate way of living.
See also
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Ante-Nicene Fathers
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Protrepsis and paraenesis
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Paedagogus
''Paedagogus'' ( el, Παιδαγωγός, "Pedagogue") is the second in the great trilogy of Clement of Alexandria.
Having laid a foundation in the knowledge of divine truth in the first book, he goes on in the ''Paedagogus'' to develop a Chr ...
Links to ''Paedagogus'' texts
''Paedagogus''(in Greek) at
' website
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(in English) at
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*''The Instructor
ædagogus' (in English) is on pages 450-637 o
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''Le Pédagogue''(parallel Greek and French) at ''L'antiquité grecque et latine du moyen âge''
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''Paidagogos''(in German) at
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