Letter 180: The person who sins in full knowledge of it seems to me better off than the one who sins without knowing.
Μεϊϊού {{|{ φιὶ ρεσσανς δοὶ! ρέσξαγε, δα φιὶ, ενα ρεοεαῖ, Ῥεεοαίμηι ἰσπόταπς {{{ μὲ Τόο! {ποίο ἀείθειΕἰ ΝΥ, (ἀοπίεν ορίει. .) Ὁ ἁμαρτάνων μέν τι, γινώσκων δὲ, τοῦ καὶ ὦ Ρεροδηβ θΐάθη), Βεὰ ΔξΠ} ρθοεδίμπι, , αυὲ ἁμαρτάναντος χαὶ μὴ γινώσχοντος ἀμείνων εἶναί μοι δοχεῖ, Ὁ μὲν γὰρ ὀρθὴν, ὁ δὲ διεφθαρμένην ἔχει τῶν πραγμάτων τὴν χρίσιν " χαὶ ὁ μὲν εἰς μετάνοιαν βαδιεῖται, ὁ δὲ εἰς ἀναλγησίαν τελευτήσει" ὁ μὲν ἐρυθριάσει πταίων, ὁ δ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἐρυθριάσει" πῶς γὰρ ἐρυθδριάσει () ὁ μηδὲ αὐτὸ τοῦτο ὅτι πταίει ἐπιστά- μενος ; Διὸ ὁ τῶν πραγμάτων ἀχριθῶς βασανίαας τὴν φύσιν, ἔφη «ε Οὐ μόνον αὐτὰ ποιοῦσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ συνευδοχοῦσι τοῖς πράττουσιν, » τὸ ἐπαινεῖν τοῦ πράττειν ἀργαλεώτερον εἶναι, εἰχότως ἀρισάμενος. Χρὴ οὖν τὸν μὲν εἰς μετάνοιαν παραχελεῦσαι" τῷ δὲ αἴσθησιν τῶν γιγνομένων ἐμποιῆσαι. Εἰ μὴ γὰρ αἴσθοιτο, οὔτε ἁμαρτάνειν παύσοιτο. ΟΕ". -- ΔΙΌΓΕΝΕΙ ΔΙΑΚΟΝΩ. ρδοοδὶ, ΠΟη ἰΔπη ἢ ρέξοδϑβθ [Δ(({}, ἰθη ῬΓγ:- δίληιϊίοῦ πὶ ! θη νἱάδιυγ, ΗἾ οηΐπὶ γϑοΐι τη ἢ) - μοι, Πἷς νϑῆὸ δσορευρίυ ἀ γοα ᾿ἀἰείυπι ; δά Ραηϊξεηείπὶ ἰοπάΐι, πο ΝΜὸ ἀθίογθ ρϑεσδίυγιπι Θχβιϊησιδίυν: [Π ροοσδηἋ ὀτ δβοῖ!, ᾿}ΐ ΥΡῸ πιΐ-- πἴη!. θυ. διΐπὶ Γαι θγυῦσδολὶ, οὐπὶ θ , ποϑβεἷαι ἢ Ἠϊης ἱ γογυτ οὐ ΐυπι δοοιιγαῖ ὀχμίυγῶγθ μδέυ Γαι δοι ἰυ αἀἰχὶϊ : «Νοη δβοίυπι Ὅς [Δείυη!, δοά οἱ οομβοηιϊίυηι [ἀοϊδηϊ υυ ,,) γαοῖο οομοϊυάδηβ, ξτιανίυϑ ἰδυάαγθ φυδιῃ ἴϑοογα. {{}Πππ|} ἰἴηαης δά γε ρ βϑοδηάυπι οοηνοηΐ! ᾿πνί ὍΔ Γ ; ᾿υἱς νῈΓῸ ΒΘη ) ἱπίεγα Ἰυυϊοϊυιαυθ τ ψοβίς γοὶ ορογίεϊὶ. Ν͵ δὲ δηΐηιὶ ροορδίυμι υἱ σοφηοβοδί, ρϑοξᾶγο Πὴ ἀθδι δίμο!.
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