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Pahlavi Texts, Part III (SBE24), E.W. West, tr. [1885], at DarkSideOfTheNet.com

CHAPTER XI.

1. The sage asked the spirit of wisdom (2) thus: 'Is wisdom good, or skill, or goodness 1?'

3. The spirit of wisdom answered (4) thus: 'Wisdom with which there is no goodness, is not to be considered as wisdom; (5) and skill with which there is no wisdom, is not to be considered as skill.'

Footnotes

37:1 L19 omits the last two words, but they are evidently referred to in the reply.

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