Letters of Isidore of Pelusium · c. 417
Isidore of Pelusium → Paulos
Tradução moderna em inglês
People often dare things greater than pardon or punishment for the sake of money and power, and of yielding none of these to anyone. For wishing to acquire them...
Texto latino / grego
Συγγνώμης χαὶ τιμωρίας μείζονα πολλάχις τολ- μῶσιν ἄνθρωποι χρημάτων ἕνεχεν χαὶ ἀρχῆς, καὶ τοῦ μηδενὶ τούτων παραχωρῆσαι. Κτήσασθαι μὲν γὰρ αὑτὰ βουλόμενοι, διὰ μυρίων χαχῶν χτῶνται,, χαὶ φοδούμενοι ἀποδαλεῖν, πολλῷ ἀργαλεωτέροις () ἐγχειροῦσι. Νομίζοντες γὰρ τὸ ἀποδαλεῖν τοῦ μηδὲ χτήσασθαι δεινότερον εἶναι, χαλεπώτερα μηχανῶν- ται" χρὴ οὖν ἐν προοιμίοις περιγίνεσθαι τῶν πα- θῶν (), ἵνα μὴ τελευτῶντες ἀνήχεστα νοσοῦντες φωραθῶμεν.