Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">4. If any one now were to say that those things which\r\nhappen to us from an external cause, and call forth our\r\nmovements, are of such a nature that it is impossible to resist\r\nthem, whether they incite us to good or evil, let the holder of\r\nthis opinion turn his attention for a little upon himself, and\r\ncarefully inspect the movements of his own mind, unless he\r\nhas discovered already, that when an enticement to any desire\r\narises, nothing is accomplished until the assent of the soul is\r\ngained, and the authority of the mind has granted indulgence\r\nto the wicked suggestion; so that a claim might seem to be\r\nmade by two parties on certain probable grounds as to a\r\njudge residing within the tribunals of our heart, in order that,\r\nafter the statement of reasons, the decree of execution may\r\nproceed from the judgment of reason.<a id=\"r370\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f370\"><sup>[370]</sup></a> For, to take an illustration:\r\nif, to a man who has determined to live continently\r\nand chastely, and to keep himself free from all pollution with\r\nwomen, a woman should happen to present herself, inciting\r\nand alluring him to act contrary to his purpose, that woman\r\nis not a complete and absolute cause or necessity of his\r\ntransgressing,<a id=\"r371\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f371\"><sup>[371]</sup></a> since it is in his power, by remembering his\r\nresolution, to bridle the incitements to lust, and by the stern\r\nadmonitions of virtue to restrain the pleasure of the allurement\r\nthat solicits him; so that, all feeling of indulgence\r\nbeing driven away, his determination may remain firm and\r\nenduring. Finally, if to any men of learning, strengthened\r\nby divine training, allurements of that kind present themselves,\r\nremembering forthwith what they are, and calling\r\nto mind what has long been the subject of their meditation\r\nand instruction, and fortifying themselves by the support of\r\na holier doctrine, they reject and repel all incitement to\r\npleasure, and drive away opposing lusts by the interposition\r\nof the reason implanted within them.</p>","headings":["The Writings of Origen, Vol. 1 of 2","ORIGEN DE PRINCIPIIS.","BOOK III.","FROM THE LATIN."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70561-paragraph-203"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"ea6a7caeec618a1726d92d6359e8da4bc564639993b06427ed8506d1aac717c8","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 1 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1869,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg70561-f371","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Existing 1869 English translation; translator died 1889. Electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f371","source_ebook":70561,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f371\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r371\">371</a>.  </span><span lang=\"la\">Causa ei perfecta et absoluta vel necessitas prævaricandi.</span></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"de125e213d16053354f22b34a1c8d477ac23f201e660e4f4841b2ed7e05bb367","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70561/pg70561-images.html#f371","text_sha256":"620fa7d7b249d4cecaeb0a5df29a56a1d4f826d9017a4266abf752239cf274ee","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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