at ient ▁of ▁human ist ▁criticism ▁of ▁the ▁logical ▁analysis ▁of ▁texts ▁( including ▁the ▁Bible ). ▁"... th ese ▁questions ▁which ▁the ▁human ists ▁think ▁fut ile , ▁are ▁like ▁a ▁lad der ▁for ▁the ▁intelligence ▁to ▁rise ▁towards ▁the ▁Bible " ▁( which ▁he ▁elsewhere , ▁perhaps ▁unw is ely ▁called ▁" the ▁easier ▁parts ▁of ▁the ology "). ▁Nevertheless , ▁in ▁ 1 5 1 2 , ▁like ▁a ▁good ▁human ist , ▁he ▁learned ▁Greek ▁from ▁Gi rol amo ▁Ale andro ▁( who ▁re - int rodu ced ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁Greek ▁to ▁Paris ) ▁who ▁wrote ▁" Many ▁sch ol ast ics ▁are ▁to ▁be ▁found ▁in ▁France ▁who ▁are ▁keen ▁students ▁in ▁different ▁kinds ▁of ▁knowledge ▁and ▁several ▁of ▁these ▁are ▁among ▁my ▁faithful ▁hear ers , ▁such ▁as ▁John ▁M air , ▁Doctor ▁of ▁Philosoph y ..." ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 5 1 8 ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁Scotland ▁to ▁become ▁Princi pal ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Glasgow ▁( and ▁also ▁canon ▁of ▁the ▁c athedral , ▁vic ar ▁of ▁Dun lop ▁and ▁Tre as urer ▁of ▁the ▁Chap el ▁Royal ). ▁He ▁returned ▁to ▁Paris ▁several ▁times ▁– ▁by ▁sea ▁one ▁time , ▁getting ▁delayed ▁in ▁Die ppe ▁for ▁three ▁weeks ▁by ▁a ▁storm ; ▁and ▁by ▁land ▁another ▁time , ▁having ▁dinner ▁en ▁route ▁through ▁England ▁with ▁his ▁friend , ▁Card inal ▁Wol sey . ▁He ▁offered ▁Major ▁a ▁post , ▁which ▁he ▁decl ined , ▁in ▁his ▁new ▁college ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Oxford