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Image of the Farmer
The Coptic fragment is simpler and more pessimistic than its Greek counterpart. In the Greek version, the narrator illustrates how a person’s higher reason is able to tame lower appetites with the image of a farmer taming a “many-headed beast.” In the Coptic version, the farmer attempts to nourish his produce (i.e., his soul), but the wild beasts inhibit its growth (all translations from Brashler, in Robinson, The Nag Hammadi Library). In this Coptic version, humanity’s reason is unable to subdue humanity’s beastly side.
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