Letter 875
Isidore of Pelusium→Unknown|isidore pelusium
From: Isidore of Pelusium, monk
To: An unnamed person
Date: ~410 AD
Context: Isidore writes on matters of virtue.
Virtue must be practiced with all one's strength — not merely admired from a distance. The person who knows what is right but does not do it is worse off than the one who never learned. Virtue is not natural to us — it must be won through daily struggle. But the struggle itself is part of the reward.
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From: Isidore of Pelusium, monk
To: An unnamed person
Date: ~410 AD
Context: Isidore writes on matters of virtue.
Virtue must be practiced with all one's strength — not merely admired from a distance. The person who knows what is right but does not do it is worse off than the one who never learned. Virtue is not natural to us — it must be won through daily struggle. But the struggle itself is part of the reward.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.