Letter 372
To Euphemius the Monk.
I for my part consider it exceedingly unphilosophical that we, having abandoned the care that concerns things heavenly and eternal, should busy ourselves with things that lie upon the ground, and waste away with anxiety, and contrive ten thousand occasions for temporary and senseless gain.
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Latin / Greek Original
Λίαν ἔγωγε οἶμαι, ἀφιλόσοφον εἶναι, καταλιπόντας ἡμᾶς, τὴν περὶ τῶν οὐρανίων τε, καὶ αἰωνίων φροντίδα, περὶ τὰ χαμαὶ κείμενα ἀσχολεῖσθαι, καὶ μερίμνῃ τήκεσθαι, καὶ μυρίας ἐπινοεῖν ἀφορμὰς τῷ προσκαίρῳ καὶ ἀνοήτῳ κέρδει.
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- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.
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