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Adam of Saint Victor
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“Verbi vere substantivi, Caro cum sit in declivi Temporis angustiâ, In æternis verbum annis Permanere, nos Johannis Docet theologia.”
Adam of Saint Victor (1122–1192) said by 1192 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Verbi vere substantivi, st. 1 (tr. John Mason Neale, 1867)
“Dum Magistri super pectus Fontem haurit intellectûs Et doctrinæ flumina, Fiunt, ipso situ loci, Verbo fides, auris voci, Mens Deo contermina. Unde mentis per excessus, Carnis, sensûs super gressus Errorumque nubila, Contra veri solis lumen Visum cordis et acumen Figit velut aquila.”
Adam of Saint Victor (1122–1192) said by 1192 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Verbi vere substantivi, sts. 2–3 (tr. Digby S. Wrangham, 1881)