Letter 803: Virtue must be practiced with all one's strength — not merely admired from a distance.
Just as the divine and human nature have been established as a midpoint between them, so that it might worship the one and work a better transformation upon the other -- if, therefore, anyone of this nature...
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Latin / Greek Original
ον ἀϊνίπηαπι οἱ Πυϊπληδη) πδιυΓάῃ 8δοοῦάο- ὥσπερ μέση χαθέστηχεν, ἵνα τὴν μὲν θεραπεύῃ, τῇ ἃ εἶἰυπι νείυιϊ πιουΐυπι ἰμ ογ]θοια πὶ , εἱ ΠῚ Δ τὴ δὲ μεταδολὴν ἐργάζηται κρείττονα. Εἴ τις τοιγαροῦν ταύτης μεῖζον φρονεῖ, οὐδὲ φρόνησιν ἔχειν μοι δοχεῖ. ΚΑ’. -- Τῇ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ. Οἱ ἅγιοι, ὦ σοφώτατε, τὰς ὑπὲρ τῆς ἀρετῆς τῶν κινδύνων ὑπερθολὰς, ἐφόδιον μείζονος εὐδοχιμήσεως ἔχονσιν.
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- 2026-03-20v2.1.0-import
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