Letter 437
Nilus of Ancyra→Eulysius|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To the same person.
Vice draws vice after it, and passion is often coupled with passion; for evils are kindred to one another and stand established as fellow workers.
Κακία κακίαν ἐφέλκεται, καὶ πάθος πάθει πολλάκις συνάπτεται· συγγενῆ γὰρ ἀλλήλων, καὶ συνεργὰ τὰ φαῦλα καθέστηκεν.
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To the same person.
Vice draws vice after it, and passion is often coupled with passion; for evils are kindred to one another and stand established as fellow workers.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek below for scholarly use.
Latin / Greek Original
Κακία κακίαν ἐφέλκεται, καὶ πάθος πάθει πολλάκις συνάπτεται· συγγενῆ γὰρ ἀλλήλων, καὶ συνεργὰ τὰ φαῦλα καθέστηκεν.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.
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