Sentences of Sextus

The Sentences of Sextus is a collection of ethical maxims attributed to Sextus, a Pythagorean philosopher, preserved in the Nag Hammadi library.|||Coptic text in Nag Hammadi Codex XII. Also preserved in Greek and Latin.|||Composed in the 2nd century CE.|||Not canonical in any tradition. Wisdom-oriented, with Christian and Stoic elements.|||Presents ethical maxims on self-control, wisdom, and the knowledge of God. Important for understanding the ethical traditions that influenced early Christian and Gnostic thought.|||Robinson, J. M., ed. The Nag Hammadi Library in English. Harper & Row, 1988.|||Wisdom, F. " The Sentences of Sextus." In The Nag Hammadi Library in English.|||Chadwick, H. The Sentences of Sextus. Cambridge University Press, 1959.|||Sentences of Sextus — Gnostic Society|https://gnosis.org/naghamm/sextus.html|Full translation with introduction.;; Early Christian Writings — Sentences of Sextus|https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/sextus.html|Indexed text and scholarly resources.|||" The wise man is the one who knows God, and the fool is the one who does not." — Sentences of Sextus (paraphrase)