Ante-Nicene Fathers — Vol. 02 — CCEL UTF-8 text — Section 1646
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Work: Ante-Nicene Fathers — Volume 2
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Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. 2
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But we desire to learn about the man who is always and in all things righteous; who, neither dreading the penalty proceeding from the law, nor fearing to entertain hatred of evil in the case of those who live with him and who prosecute the injured, nor dreading danger at the hands of those who do wrong, remains righteous. For he who, on account of these considerations, abstains from anything wrong, is not voluntarily kind, but is good from fear. Even Epicurus says, that the man who in his estimation was wise, "would not do wrong to any one for the sake of gain; for he could not persuad…
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- Christian Classics Ethereal Library — ANF02 UTF-8 text
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