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345–399 Greece

Evagrius Ponticus (345–399 AD) was a Christian monk and ascetic.

Greece

Also known as: Evagrius of Pontus, Evagrios, Evagrios the Solitary, Kephalaia Gnostika

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There was a time when evilness did not exist, and there will be a time when it will no more exist, whereas there was no time when virtue did not exist, and there will be no time when it will not exist. For the germs of virtue are impossible to destroy.

64. The proof of apatheia is had when the spirit begins to see its own light, when it remains in a state of tranquility in the presence of the images it has during sleep and when it maintains its calm as it beholds the affairs of life.

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