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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
He called the spirit of this world human wisdom. It is not this wisdom that we received, lest it render our preaching vain and useless; no, our teacher was the Spirit "from God," that is, a being consubstantial with God, proceeding from His essence. The Spirit, he says, is light, and this very light we have received, so that, being enlightened by it, we might know what was hidden until now. What is this? …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Then when he says, But we have received, he shows how knowledge of the Holy Spirit is obtained, saying: But we, filled with the Holy Spirit, have not received the spirit of this world, but the Spirit which is from God. By the word "spirit" is understood a definite vital power, both cognitive and dynamic. Therefore, the spirit of this world can mean the wisdom of this world and the love of this world, by which a man is impelled to do the things of this world. …
Bernard of Clairvaux
All of these indeed could say with felicity and truth: "It is the only Son who is in the Father's bosom who has made it known to us." And this revelation -- what can you call it but a kiss? But it was the kiss of the kiss, not of the mouth. Listen if you will know what the kiss of the mouth is: "The Father and I are one;" and again: "I am in the Father and the Father is in me." This is a kiss from mouth to mouth, beyond the claim of any creature. …
Bonaventure
Gratuitous knowledge is called the knowledge of the Saints first because it is given by the Holy Spirit moving the soul, inspiring and informing it unto holiness. I say by the Holy Spirit inspiring unto the awareness of holiness, unto the delight in holiness, and unto the guardianship of holiness. Whence the Apostle to the Corinthians: "We have not received the spirit of this world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been given to us by God": and in what manner? …
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