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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
"And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. "If you remove the words which are given by the one shepherd, related by the advice and agreement of the wise, do nothing and nothing will be reproved you; follow in the footsteps of the multitude and do not diverge from their command. Then too for him who seeks to know many things there is a great number of books that will lead him to wickedness and make the reader toil in vain. …
Bonaventure
The curiosity of the hearers is restrained, whom he addresses under the person of a son, saying: "More than these, my son, do not seek," so as to always wish to hear new things: for it suffices to know what is necessary: Sirach 3: "The things that God has commanded you, think upon them always, and in many of his works be not curious." And a twofold reason is given for this admonition, because the inquiry of this curiosity is unending and laborious. …
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