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Miscellaneous Fragments from Lost Writings, Ch. 17 — Tolle Lege

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St. Justin Martyr

Miscellaneous Fragments from Lost Writings

Chapter 17

As the good of the body is health, so the good of the soul is knowledge, which is indeed a kind of health of soul, by which a likeness to God is attained.— From the writings of John of Damascus.

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Source: Miscellaneous Fragments from Lost Writings (New Advent)