The Ascent of the Mind to God
Translated by Anonymous
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CHAPTER I THE COMMON CAUSES OF THIS CONSIDERATION
FROM THE CONSIDERATION OF MAN
THE COMMON CAUSES OF THIS CONSIDERATION
F anyone truly desire to erect a ladder unto God, he ought to begin from the consideration of himself. For every one of us is both the creature and image of God, and nothing is nearer to us than ourselves.
Therefore not without cause Moses saith Attende tibi (Attend to thyself), upon which two words Basil the Great wro:e an excellent sermon. For he that shall truly behold himself, and consider what is within him, shall find as it were an abridgement of the whole world, whereby he may easily ascend unto the Maker of all things.
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