Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">4. But if any one maintain that this very external cause\r\nis of such a nature that it is impossible to resist it when it\r\ncomes in such a way, let him turn his attention to his own\r\nfeelings and movements, [and see] whether there is not an\r\napproval, and assent, and inclination of the controlling principle\r\ntowards some object on account of some specious arguments.<a id=\"r372\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f372\"><sup>[372]</sup></a>\r\nFor, to take an instance, a woman who has appeared\r\nbefore a man that has determined to be chaste, and to refrain\r\nfrom carnal intercourse, and who has incited him to act contrary\r\nto his purpose, is not a perfect<a id=\"r373\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f373\"><sup>[373]</sup></a> cause of annulling his\r\ndetermination. For, being altogether pleased with the luxury\r\nand allurement of the pleasure, and not wishing to resist it,\r\nor to keep his purpose, he commits an act of licentiousness.\r\nAnother man, again (when the same things have happened\r\nto him who has received more instruction, and has disciplined\r\nhimself<a id=\"r374\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f374\"><sup>[374]</sup></a>), encounters, indeed, allurements and enticements;\r\nbut his reason, as being strengthened to a higher point, and\r\ncarefully trained, and confirmed in its views towards a virtuous\r\ncourse, or being near to confirmation,<a id=\"r375\"></a><a class=\"c007 pginternal\" href=\"#f375\"><sup>[375]</sup></a> repels the incitement,\r\nand extinguishes the desire.</p>","headings":["The Writings of Origen, Vol. 1 of 2","ORIGEN DE PRINCIPIIS.","BOOK III.","FROM THE GREEK."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70561-paragraph-204"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"a7fa2badba4fbc9a5c17bf4d5cdaa5ed3ce1f174f19b79a98568999d779c123f","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 1 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1869,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg70561-f372","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":"f372","source_ebook":70561,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f372\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r372\">372</a>.  </span><span lang=\"grc\">διὰ τάσδε τὰς πιθανότητας.</span></p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"de125e213d16053354f22b34a1c8d477ac23f201e660e4f4841b2ed7e05bb367","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70561/pg70561-images.html#f372","text_sha256":"c7806f4bed9be09b95b2b41066998bc0fee55decfaae40e42976a43363a2b1a2","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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