Letter 236
To the Same Person.
We must flee man-pleasing and anger; for the Law has declared beforehand that these are a leprosy that turns white and flares red [an allusion to the diagnostic colors of leprosy in Leviticus 13]. We must drive out fox-like hypocrisy and base cowardice; for it is a grey, livid leprosy. We must chase away irrational grief and wasting envy; for it is a green leprosy.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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
Φευκτέον ἡμῖν ἀνθρωπαρεσκίαν, καὶ τὴν ὀργὴν·
ταῦτα γὰρ λευκανθίζουσαν καὶ πυρίζουσαν λέπραν
ὁ νόμος προείρηκεν. Ἀπελαστέον τὴν ἀλωπεκίζουσαν
ὑπόκρισιν, καὶ ἀγενῆ δειλίαν· γλαυκίζουσα γὰρ ὕλω
πρα ἐστί. Διωκτέον ἡμῖν τὴν λύπην τὴν ἄλογον, καὶ
τήκοντα φθόνον· χλωρίζουσα γὰρ λέπρα ἐστί.
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- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.
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