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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Second, he shows the dignity of wisdom, because the price of wisdom cannot be reckoned, and so he says, "No man knows its price," for there is no thing known to man which is a sufficient price for wisdom. He clearly shows the consequence of both these premises. First, he had said that wisdom was not found in a determined place. …
Bonaventure
Job raises the question of where wisdom may be found; and he answers negatively, that it is not found by a man living in a merely human manner, saying: 'Man does not know its price, nor is it found in the land of those who live pleasantly.' That last statement gives the reason: this is the cause why the carnal man does not know the price of wisdom, because the carnal man does not perceive the savor of wisdom; nor can a man know wisdom unless he finds its savor; and he does not find savor in it if he lives delicately, because carnal …
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