Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
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Tertullian of Carthage
AD 220
The apostle, so far back as his own time, foresaw, indeed, that philosophy would do violent injury to the truth.
Writing to the Colossians, he says, "See that no one beguile you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, and contrary to the wisdom of the Holy Spirit.".
When, again, he warns them to "beware of subtle words and philosophy "as being "a vain deceit "such as is "after the rudiments of the world "(not understanding thereby the mundane fabric of sky and earth, but worldly learning, and "the tradition of men "subtle in their speech and their philosophy),
