Author : Saint Gregory of Nyssa
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Gregory of Nyssa Against Eunomius - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Gregory of Nyssa Against Eunomius write by Saint Gregory of Nyssa. This book was released on . Gregory of Nyssa Against Eunomius available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. It seems that the wish to benefit all, and to lavish indiscriminately upon the first comer one’s own gifts, was not a thing altogether commendable, or even free from reproach in the eyes of the many; seeing that the gratuitous waste of many prepared drugs on the incurably-diseased produces no result worth caring about, either in the way of gain to the recipient, or reputation to the would-be benefactor. Rather such an attempt becomes in many cases the occasion of a change for the worse. The hopelessly-diseased and now dying patient receives only a speedier end from the more active medicines; the fierce unreasonable temper is only made worse by the kindness of the lavished pearls, as the Gospel tells us. I think it best, therefore, in accordance with the Divine command, for any one to separate the valuable from the worthless when either have to be given away, and to avoid the pain which a generous giver must receive from one who treads upon his pearl,’ and insults him by his utter want of feeling for its beauty.