A Life Beyond Reproach
“ For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.” Ephesians 1:4 NIV Writing in the 7th century A.D., Saint Isidora of Seville claimed that “Philosophy is the knowledge of things human and divine, accompanied by the desire to live a life beyond reproach.” In ancient times, and up until a few hundred years ago, philosophers were expected to be exemplars of virtue, and not just people who knew a lot of arcane things. What happened to change this? There is a hint in the quote from Saint Isidora.