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Gregory of Nazianzus, Letters
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Ep. XVI. To Eusebius, Bishop of Cæsarea.
Ep. XVII. To Eusebius, Archbishop of Cæsarea.
Ep. XVIII. To Eusebius of Cæsarea.
Ep. XLI. To the People of Cæsarea, in His Father’s Name.
Ep. XLII. To Eusebius, Bishop of Samosata.
Ep. XLIX. To Basil. (The Praises of Quiet.)
Ep. LXIII. To Amphilochius the Elder.
Ep. CI. To Cledonius the Priest Against Apollinarius.
Ep. CII. Against Apollinarius The Second Letter to Cledonius.
Ep. CLIII. To Bosporius, Bishop of Colonia.
Ep. CLVII. To Theodore, Archbishop of Tyana.
Ep. CLXXI. To Amphilochius, Bishop of Iconium.
Ep. CXCVII. A Letter of Condolence on the Death of His Sister Theosebia.
Ep. XCII.
[92] ΦΙΛΑΓΡΙΩΙ
Πῶς ἔχει σοι τὰ τοῦ σώματος; ἢ δηλονότι βραχὺς ὁ λόγος, ὅπως ἂν ἔχοι; Περὶ δὲ τῆς ψυχῆς οὐκ ἐρήσομαι πῶς. Οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι καὶ λίαν καλῶς: ἐπειδὴ γενναίως ἐμφιλοσοφεῖς τοῖς πάθεσιν τοῦ σώματος, ὥσπερ βάσανον ἀρετῆς ἀλλ' οὐχ ὕλης ἀνωμαλίαν τὸ πρᾶγμα δεξάμενος, ἵν' ᾖ σοι τὸ κακοπαθεῖν τῆς τῶν ἄλλων ὑγείας μακαριώτερον. Δίδως καὶ ταύτην ἱκανὴν τῆς φιλοσοφίας ἀπόδειξιν, τὸ τοιαῦτα καὶ περὶ τοιούτων ἐπιτάσσειν ἡμῖν: ἃ κἂν ἄλλοις θαρρῶμεν γράφειν, ἀλλὰ τό γε ὑπὸ σοὶ κριτῇ κινδυνεύειν οὐκ ἀσφαλές. Πειρασόμεθα δ' ὅμως μὴ ἀντιλέγειν κελεύοντι.