Letter 200: What seems narrow turns out to be the most beautiful road — the one that leads to piety, and ends in broad and...
It was necessary to use the contests against the man, who was about to be taught concerning the truth, not as you have done, attempting the same trials. The teacher must adapt his methods to his student, not force the student to adapt to the teacher's preferences. Gentleness opens doors that force can never breach.
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Latin / Greek Original
ΚΘ΄. – ΔΙΟΔΩΡΩ
Ἔδει χρῆσθαι τοῖς κατὰ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς ἀγῶσι, καὶ περὶ ἀληθείας
διδαχθησομένου, οὐχ, οἷα καὶ [...] γέγονας κατὰ τοὺς αὐτοὺς πειρώμενος.
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- 2026-03-20v2.1.0-import
Initial corpus import from Patrologia Graeca 78 OCR.
Fields: letter text, metadata, source links. Source: https://archive.org/details/PatrologiaGraeca (PG vol.78)
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