Gregory of Nyssa Quotes on Virtue
Gregory of Nyssa was a fourth-century Cappadocian bishop and theologian and one of the architects of orthodox Trinitarian theology. This page collects quotes attributed to Gregory of Nyssa on the topic of virtue, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“As virtue is a thing that has no master, that is, is free, everything that is free will be united with virtue.”
Dialogue on the Soul and the Resurrection , Patrologia Graeca 46.101-105 -
“Variant translation: Nothing reasonable fails in reason; nothing wise, in wisdom; neither virtue nor truth could admit of that which is not good.”
On Infants' Early Deaths -
“Is it not want of reason in any one to suppose that when he has striven successfully to escape the dominion of one particular passion, he will find virtue in its opposite?”
Chapter 16 -
“Virtue is achieved by its seekers not without a struggle; nor is abstinence from the paths of pleasure a painless process to human nature.”
On Infants' Early Deaths -
“One of two probations must be the inevitable fate of him who has had the longer lease of life; either to combat here on Virtue’s toilsome field, or to suffer there the painful recompense of a life of evil.”
On Infants' Early Deaths