RHETOR 103A Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-10: Catechumen, Manichaeism
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1: to praise you is the desire of men, in finding the lord men will praise him. 2: cannot call on god to come into him because he is already in god. 13: alone acquired the power of speech with the intelligence given by god. 13: also dependent on authority of parents and direction of adults. 14: unpleasant boyhood, did not understand the usefulness of knowledge learned in school. 18: asks god why his baptism was deferred. 19: in adolescence, hated being forced to study, adults gave no reason for usefulness of things he was forced to learn, only an appetite for wealth and glory. 23: learned latin without threat of punishment, learned from listening to people talk and speaking to them > shows that free curiosity has a greater power to stimulate learning than rigorous coercion . 24: wishes to dedicate to god"s service his power to speak, write, read, and count.
