treatise

No One Can Harm the Man Who Does Not Injure Himself

Ethical treatise written from exile, arguing that the soul's freedom belongs to the one who keeps its inner peace — no external loss can wound a person who does not consent to be wounded.

c. 406

Attributed to

St. John Chrysostom

Source collection

New Advent (newadvent.org/fathers)

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Linked passages

Colossians 1:24Daniel 1:10Daniel 3:16-181 Kings 17:121 Timothy 6:7Job 1:21Jonah 1:2Jonah 3:4Jonah 3:10Luke 6:26Luke 21:2Matthew 18:23-35Romans 5:32 Corinthians 4:16

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