Whatever Is Rightly Said Is the Property of God's People, Regardless of the Source
Justin Martyr on how to recognize God's wisdom in the words of the world
“Whatever things have been rightly said among human beings, all those things are the property of us as Christians. … All of these writers were able to see realities—albeit darkly—because of the sowing of the implanted Word that was in them. For the seed and the imitation that is imparted according to each one’s capacity is one thing; the thing itself is quite another, of which there is participation and imitation according to the grace that comes from God.”
—Justin Martyr, Apologia B, 8:13.