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=Translation and Publication Details=
The following is from ''The Table-Talk of Martin Luther'', translated into English by [[William Hazlitt]] and published in [[Philadelphia]] by the [[Lutheran Publication Society]]. The electronic transcription was prepared by Kathy Sewell on June 1, 1997.
=OF UNIVERSITIES, ARTS, ETC.=
====789====
:A lawyer is wise according to human wisdom, a divine according to [[God|God's]] wisdom.
====790====
:Ah! how bitter an enemy is the [[Satan|devil]] to our church and school here at [[Wittenberg]], which in particular he opposes more than the rest, so that tyranny and heresy increase and get the upper hand by force, in that all the members of the church are against one another; yea, also we, which are a piece of the heart, vex and plague one another among ourselves. I am verily persuaded that many wicked wretches and spies are here, who watch over us with an evil eye, and are glad when discord and offences arise among us; therefore we ought diligently to watch and pray; it is high time - pray, pray. This school is a foundation and ground of pure religion, therefore she ought justly to be preserved and maintained with lectures and with stipends gainst the raging and swelling of [[Satan]].
====791====
:Whoso after my death shall condemn the authority of this school here at [[Wittenberg]], if it remain as it is now, church and school, is a heretic and a perverted creature; for in this school [[God]] first revealed and purified his Word. This school and city, both in doctrine and manner of life, may justly be compared with all others; yet we are not altogether complete, but still faulty in our kind of living. The highest and chiefest divines in the whole empire hold and join with us - as [[Nikolaus von Amsdorf|Amsdorf]], [[Johannes Brenz|Brentius]], and [[Urbanus Rhegius|Rhegius]] - all desiring our friendship, and saluting us with loving and learned letters. A few years past, nothing was of any value but the [[Pope|pope]], till the church mourned, cried, and sighed, and awakened our Lord God in heaven; as in the [[Psalms|Psalm]] he says: "For the trouble of the needy and the groans of the poor, I will now arise."
====792====
:Our nobility exhaust people with [[usury]], insomuch that many poor people starve for want of food; the cry goes, I would willingly take a wife, if I knew how to maintain her, so that a forced [[celibacy]] will hence ensue. This is not good; such wicked courses will cause the poor to cry and sigh, will rouse up God and the heavenly host. Wherefore i say: [[Germany]] take heed. I often make an account, and as I come nearer and nearer to forty years, I think with myself: now comes an alteration, for [[Paul|St Paul]] preached not above forty years, nor [[Augustine of Hippo|St Augustine]]; always, after forty years pure preaching of God's Word, it has ceased, and great calamities have ensued thereupon.
====793====
:''[[Dialectic|Dialectica]]'' speaks simply, straightforward, and plainly, as when I say: Give me something to drink. But ''[[Rhetoric|Rhetorica]]'' adorns the matter, saying: Give me of the acceptable juice of the cellar, which finely froths and makes people merry. ''[[Dialectic|Dialectica]]'' declares a thing distinctly and significantly, in brief words. ''[[Rhetoric|Rhetorica]]'' counsels and advises, persuades and dissuades; she has her place and fountain head, whence a thing is taken; as, this is good, honest, profitable, easy, necessary, etc. These two arts [[Paul|St Paul]] briefly taught, where he says: "That he may be able by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convince the gainsayers." ([[Epistle to Titus|Tit.]] 1.). Therefore, when I would teach a farmer concerning the tilling of his land, I define briefly and plainly, his kind of life; his housekeeping, fruits, profits, and all that belongs to the being of his life, ''Dialectice''; but, if I would admonish him according to ''Rhetorica'', then I counsel and advise him, and praise his kind of life, in this manner, as: that it is the most quiet, the richest, securest, and most delightful kind of life, etc. Again, if I intend to chide or find fault, then I must point out and blame his misconduct, evil impediments, failings, gross ignorance, and such like defects which are in the state of farmers. [[Philip Melanchthon|Philip Melancthon]] has illustrated and declared good arts; he teaches them in such sort, that the arts teach not him, but he the arts; I bring my arts into books, I take them not out of books. ''Dialectica'' is a profitable and necessary art, which justly ought to be studied and learned; it shows how we ought to speak orderly and uprightly, what we should acknowledge and judge to be right or wrong; 'tis not only necessary in schools, but also in consistories, in courts of justice, and in churches; in churches most especially.
====794====
:I always loved [[music]]; whoso has skill in this art, is of a good temperament, fitted for all things. We must teach music in schools; a schoolmaster ought to have skill in music, or I would not regard him; neither should we ordain young men as preachers, unless they have been well exercised in music.
====795====
:Singing has nothing to do with the affairs of this world, it is not for the law; singers are merry and free from sorrows and cares.
====796====
:Music is one of the best arts; the notes give life to the text; it expels melancholy, as we see in [[Saul|king Saul]]. Kings and princes ought to maintain music, for great potentates and rulers should protect good and liberal arts and laws; though private people have desire thereunto and love it, yet their ability is not adequate. We read in the [[Bible]], that the good and godly kings maintained and paid singers. Music is the best solace for a sad and sorrowful mind; by it the heart is refreshed and settled again in peace.
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=Index=
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 00|00 - Introduction]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 01|01 - God's Word]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 02|02 - God's Works]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 03|03 - Nature of the World]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 04|04 - Idolatry]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 05|05 - Jesus Christ]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 06|06 - Holy Ghost]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 07|07 - Sin]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 08|08 - Free-Will]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 09|09 - The Catechism]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 10|10 - Law and the Gospel]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 11|11 - Justification]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 12|12 - Prayer]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 13|13 - Baptism]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 14|14 - Sacrament of the Lord's Supper]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 15|15 - The Church]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 16|16 - Excommunication]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 17|17 - Preachers and Preaching]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 18|18 - The Patriarchs and Prophets]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 19|19 - The Apostles and Disciples of Christ]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 20|20 - Angels]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 21|21 - The Devil and his Works]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 22|22 - Temptation and Tribulation]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 23|23 - Luther's Adversaries]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 24|24 - Regarding Offences]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 25|25 - The Christian Life]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 26|26 - Princes & Potentates]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 27|27 - Discord (Economic Feedom)]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 28|28 - Sicknesses and the Cause Thereof]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 29|29 - Death]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 30|30 - The Ressurection]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 31|31 - Allegories]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 32|32 - Spiritual and Church Livings]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 33|33 - Constrained Defence (Christian Military Action)]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 34|34 - Lawyers]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 35|35 - Universities, Arts, etc.]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 36|36 - Astronomy and Astrology]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 37|37 - Learned Men]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 38|38 - Jews]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 39|39 - Turks]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 40|40 - Countries and Cities]]
* [[Original Source: Dr. Martin Luther - Table Talk, Chapter 41|41 - Vocation and Calling]]
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