Barlaam from Calabria, Epistle 1, 344-348

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Tοῦτον οὖν τὸν συλλογισμὸν εἴ τις σεμνύων ἀποδεικτικὸν ἐθέλοι καλεῖν, διὰ τὸ δεῖν τοὺς πιστοὺς μᾶλλον ἀμεταπείστως πρὸς αὐτὸν ἔχειν ἢ πρὸς τὰς γεωμετρικὰς ἀποδείξεις, φθόνος οὐδεὶς τοῦ ὀνόματος, ὅτι δὲ πολλῶν ἐνδεῖ τῶν ταῖς ἀποδείξεσιν όφειλόντων προσεῖναι, ἐντεῦθεν δῆλον.

Found in: 
G. Schirò, Barlaam Calabro, Epistole Greche [Istituto Siciliano di Studi Bizantini e Neogreci. Testi e Monumenti 1], Palermo 1954
Century: 
14th
Summary - Description: 
In this passage, Barlaam of Calbria stresses the imoprtance of the scientific method in order to convey positions on theological approaches.
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