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Title: Die Wahrheit ist wie die Biene
Subtitle: Die Wahrheitsmetaphorik des Clemens von Alexandrien
Author(s): KLIBENGAJTIS, Tomasz
Journal: Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses
Volume: 80    Issue: 1   Date: April 2004   
Pages: 60-75
DOI: 10.2143/ETL.80.1.504555

Abstract :
Clement of Alexandria enshrouds his understanding of truth in various metaphors and images, revealing its nature and attributes. He compares truth to light, the sun, a bee, path, river, racecourse, potion and blood of the Logos. Some metaphors are imbued with attributes of truth as obviousness, ubiquity and universality, others serve to indicate the trials one goes through in acquiring the truth. According to Clement, the whole truth can be found only in and through the Logos – the Incarnated Truth himself.

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