Letter 501: Service is not degradation, Apollonios.
Δύο γενιχῶν χαχιῶν οὐσῶν, τῆς τε νοουμένῃς, τῆς πε δρωμένης" ἡ μὲν διὰ τῶν ἔργων, πάλαι διὰ τοῦ νόμου ἐχολάσθη " ἡ δὲ νοουμένη, διὰ τοῦ Εὐαγ- γελίον ἀνεστάλη, οὐ τὸ ἔργον μετὰ τὴν πρᾶξιν τιν μωρουμένον, ἀλλ᾽ ὅπως [ἃ] μηδ᾽ ἀρχὴν λάδοι τὸ χαχὸν προμηθουμένου. Τότε μὲν γὰρ τῇ χειρὶ, νῦν δὲ τῇ ψυχῇ ἐνομοθετήθη "
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