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| Clement of Alexandria |
Clement was the head of the Christian school in Alexandria
at the height of learning and science in Greco-Roman Egypt. Clement was
classically trained by the finest Greek instructors of the second century
A.D.
Clement's pursuit of philosophy led him to Christianity. In an age of persecution, he boldly exhorted his fellow believers to embrace the beautiful truths of the Christian faith.
Clement wrote about healthy, merry living as a Christian in a non-Christian society, drawing on all the wisdom of his day, because he understood virtuous living to be prerequisite for understanding the mysteries of Christian religion.
Clement wrote about healthy, merry living as a Christian in a non-Christian society, drawing on all the wisdom of his day, because he understood virtuous living to be prerequisite for understanding the mysteries of Christian religion.
Clement has whole chapters dedicated to healthy living in his
work, Paedagogus (The Instructor). These quotes are an interesting insight into the ancient understanding of nutrition:
Eat to
live
– “Some men live to eat, which is irrational; but the Instructor [Jesus]
enjoins us to eat that we may live. For neither is food our business, nor is
pleasure our aim; but both are on account of our life here, which the Word is
training up to immortality.”
