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Nicene and Post-Nicene Church Fathers Series 2 - The Still Small ...

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health; you have made yourself a citizen of the world, <strong>and</strong> you might consider in coming to<br />

see me that you are coming home. It is quite right for you, a man of action, to have crowds<br />

<strong>and</strong> towns in which to show your good deeds. For me, quiet is the best aid for the contemplation<br />

<strong>and</strong> mental exercise whereby I cling to God. This quiet I cultivate in abundance in<br />

my retreat, with the aid of its giver, God. Yet if you cannot but court the great, <strong>and</strong> despise<br />

me who lie low upon the ground, then write, <strong>and</strong> in this way make my life a happier one.<br />

Ζηλῶ δ᾽ ἀνδρῶν ὃς ἀκινδυνον Βίον ἐξεπέρασ᾽ ἀγνὼς ἀκλεής. Plutarch has an essay on the question, εἰ καλῶς<br />

ἐ& 176·ρηται τὸ λάθε βιώσας.<br />

To Maximus the Philosopher.<br />

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