Letter 442: Whoever, having seen the ineffable and surpassing beauty of self-control, was not conquered by its attraction — let...
Περὶ σωφροσύνης. Ὅστις τὸ ἀπόδλεπτον χαὶ ὑπέρχαλον τῆς σωφρο- σύνης κάλλος θεασάμενος, οὐχ ἐδαμάσθη τῷ φίλτρῳ, οὗτος ἀνέραστος τῶν χαλῶν παρ᾽ ἐμοὶ χριτῇ γε- γράφθω. Η'. .--- ΙΟΥΝΙΑ (). Περὶ παρθένων. Οὐ τῇ τοῦ σώματος ἁγνείᾳ μόνον, ὦ σοφὲ, ἀλλὰ χαὶ τῇ ἀπραγμοσύνῃ τὴν παρθενίαν ὁ θεσπέσιος ὁρίζεται Παῦλος.
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