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NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works - Holy Bible Institute

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To Maximus the Philosopher.health; you have made yourself a citizen of the world, <strong>and</strong> you might consider in coming tosee me that you are coming home. It is quite right for you, a man of action, to have crowds<strong>and</strong> towns in which to show your good deeds. For me, quiet is the best aid for the contemplation<strong>and</strong> mental exercise whereby I cling to God. This quiet I cultivate in abundance inmy retreat, with the aid of its giver, God. Yet if you cannot but court the great, <strong>and</strong> despiseme who lie low upon the ground, then write, <strong>and</strong> in this way make my life a happier one.Ζηλῶ δ᾽ ἀνδρῶν ὃς ἀκινδυνον Βίον ἐξεπέρασ᾽ ἀγνὼς ἀκλεής. Plutarch has an essay on the question, εἰ καλῶςἐ& 176·ρηται τὸ λάθε βιώσας.388

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