“They who are engaged in the examination of the reason for virtues have said that some of the virtues spring from contemplation and some are noncontemplative … beauty and strength are noncontemplative virtues since they follow from the contemplative.… But, for this, namely, that beauty may exist in the soul and also th…”
Basil of Caesarea, 4th c. — HOMILIES on the PSALMS 14:5 (PS 30)
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7LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
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5For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
6And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
— Psalms 30:7 —
8I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.
9What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?