{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/008/0080790.htm","path":"chr/ecf/008/0080790.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/008/0080790.htm","text":"p. 257 Chapter III.\u2014Clement\u2019s Trick.\n\u201cI knowing this before concerning Appion, as soon as he asked me the cause of my sickness, answered feignedly, that I was suffering and distressed in my mind after the manner of young men. And to this he said, \u2018My son, speak freely as to a father: what is your soul\u2019s ailment?\u2019 And when I again groaned feignedly, as being ashamed to speak of love, by means of silence and down-looking I conveyed the impression of what I wished to intimate. But he, being persuaded that I was in love with a woman, said: \u2018There is nothing in life which does not admit of help. For indeed I myself, when I was young, being in love with a most accomplished woman, not only thought it impossible to obtain her, but did not even hope ever to address her. And yet, having fallen in with a certain Egyptian who was exceedingly well versed in magic, and having become his friend, I disclosed to him my love, and not only did he assist me in all that I wished, but, honouring me more bountifully, he hesitated not to teach me an incantation by means of which I obtained her; and as soon as I had obtained her, by means of his secret instruction, being persuaded by the liberality of my teacher, I was cured of love.","title":"Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol VIII: Pseudo-Clementine Literature.: Chapter III","type":"page"}