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title: What Character Should the Pursuer of Knowledge Have
title_greek: Ποῖον εἶναι χρὴ τοῖς ἤθεσι τὸν μετιόντα τὴν
author: Alchemist I
eul_wid: rrg-ai
eul_aid: rrg
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/alchemist-i-pursuer-knowledge-rrg-ai"
period: Roman
dialect: Technical Koine
domain: Science
format: Treatise
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# What Character Should the Pursuer of Knowledge Have

*Ποῖον εἶναι χρὴ τοῖς ἤθεσι τὸν μετιόντα τὴν*

**Author:** Alchemist I

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## Text

### 2.35.(8t)

ΠΟΙΟΝ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΧΡΗ ΤΟΙΣ ΗΘΕΣΙ ΤΟΝ ΜΕΤΙΟΝΤΑ ΤΗΝ ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΗΝ. Χρεὼν εἶναι τὸν μετιόντα τὴν ἐπιστήμην πρῶτον μὲν φιλόθεον καὶ φιλάνθρωπον, σώφρονα, ἀφιλάργυρον, ψεῦδος ἀποστρεφόμενον, καὶ πάντα δόλον, καὶ κακουργίαν, καὶ φθόνον, εἶναι δὲ ἀληθῆ καὶ πιστὸν παῖδα τῆς ἁγίας καὶ ὁμοουσίου καὶ συναϊδίου Τριάδος. Ὁ μὴ τοιαῦτα κάλλιστα καὶ θεάρεστα ἤθη κτησάμενος ἢ κτήσασθαι σπουδάσας, ἑαυτὸν ἀπατήσει, τοῖς ἀνεφίκτοις ἐπιπηδῶν, καὶ βλαβήσεται μᾶλλον.

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