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'''Paedagogus''', second in the great trilogy of [[Clement of Alexandria]].
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'''''Paedagogus''''' ({{lang-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 Christian ethic. His design does not prevent him from taking a large part of his material from the [[Stoicism|Stoic]] [[Musonius Rufus]], the master of [[Epictetus]]; but for Clement the real instructor is the incarnate Logos.
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 [[Stoicism|Stoic]] [[Musonius Rufus]], the master of [[Epictetus]]; 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.
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==
*''[[Ante-Nicene Fathers]]''
*[[Protrepsis and paraenesis]]
*[[Paedagogus (occupation)|Paedagogus]]

==Links to ''Paedagogus'' texts==
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*[http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Alexandria_PG%2008-09/Paedagogus.pdf ''Paedagogus''] (in Greek) at ''[http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/index_en.htm The Son of Man]'' website. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183845/http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Clement%20of%20Alexandria_PG%2008-09/Paedagogus.pdf Archived] on 2016-03-03.
*[http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0209.htm ''The Paedagogus (The Instructor)''] (in English) at [[New Advent]] website
*''The Instructor [Pædagogus]'' (in English) is on pages 450-637 of [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf02.html ''Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 2''] [[Philip Schaff]], ed., at [[Christian Classics Ethereal Library]]. Instructions: Click the large downward-pointing arrow ("Download"), then click "PDF".
*[http://remacle.org/bloodwolf/eglise/clementalexandrie/table.htm ''Le Pédagogue''] (parallel Greek and French) at ''L'antiquité grecque et latine du moyen âge'' [''The ancient Greek and Latin of the Middle Ages''] website
*[http://www.unifr.ch/bkv/rtf/bkv198.rtf ''Paidagogos''] (in German) at [[University of Fribourg]] website

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Latest revision as of 05:22, 21 July 2022

Paedagogus (Greek: 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 Christian ethic. His design does not prevent him from taking a large part of his material from the Stoic Musonius Rufus, the master of Epictetus; 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[edit]

Links to Paedagogus texts[edit]