the soul
from
taking any
of it,
For, when
the
passions
become
masters,
they are
vices; and
they give
their
nutriment
to the
soul, and
the soul
nourishes
itself
upon it
and is
poisoned.
503.
Philosophers
have
consecrated
the vices
by placing
them in
God Him-
self.
Christians
have
consecrated
the
virtues.
504. The
just man
acts by
faith in
the least
things;
when he
reproves
his
servants,
he desires
their
conversion
by the
