Letter 191
To Fortunatus.
To be scandalized [at a saying, the source word here being corrupt: ...] is the mark not of a philosopher, but of some petty soul; for, as it says, "Great peace have they that love your name, and there is no stumbling-block for them" [Psalm 118:165 LXX].
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Latin / Greek Original
Τὸ δέξεως σκανδαλίζεσθαι, οὐ φιλοσόφου, μικρᾶς δέ τινος ψυχῆς· « Εἰρήνη γὰρ πολλή, φησὶ, τοῖς ἀγαπῶσι τὸ ὄνομά σου, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῖς σκάνδαλον.
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- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.
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