EnchiridionOnFaith，Hope，andLovebySaintAugustineCHAPTERI
TheOccasionandPurposeofthis”Manual”
1。Icannotsay，mydearestsonLaurence，howmuchyourlearningpleasesme，andhowmuchIdesirethatyoushouldbewise——thoughnotoneofthoseofwhomitissaid:”Whereisthewise？
Whereisthescribe？Whereisthedisputantofthisworld？HathnotGodmadefoolishthewisdomofthisworld？”[1]Rather，youshouldbeoneofthoseofwhomitiswritten，”Themultitudeofthewiseisthehealthoftheworld”[2]；andalsoyoushouldbethekindofmantheapostlewishesthosementobetowhomhesaid，[3]”Iwouldhaveyoubewiseingoodnessandsimpleinevil。”[4]
2。Humanwisdomconsistsinpiety。ThisyouhaveinthebookofthesaintlyJob，fortherehewritesthatWisdomherselfsaidtoman，”Behold，pietyiswisdom。”[5]If，then，youaskwhatkindofpietyshewasspeakingof，youwillfinditmoredistinctlydesignatedbytheGreektermqeosebeia，literally，”theserviceofGod。”TheGreekhasstillanotherwordfor”piety，”