Letter 108: Almost every other passion, Prohairesios, has a peak, knows a decline, and understands satiety.

Isidore of PelusiumProhairesios|c. 393 AD|Isidore of Pelusium
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scholasticos[11]? On the living Word. You have in your possession, I am informed, a collection of discourses which delight the ear, but which do not nourish the soul. You are in need of the Living Word, which he who lacks is a (mere) sounding brass [12]. If then you acquire this, it is a sweet-sounding instrument for God and well – tuned for men.

Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.

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