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mo
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Prak
14
(2 vers.)
madness
, and
visions
of
mobs
of
demons
in the
π
π
mode
KG
1.17
S2
longer
be
named
with
modes
.
π
π
1.51
S1
virtue
are in the
modes
of
conduct
, and the
π
π
1.51
S2
daughter
of
names
and
modes
, and the
cause
of
π
π
3.29
S2
place
, the
increases
, the
modes
, the
life
, the
death
π
π
6.20
S2
that are
spoken
by
modes
. And he is
Father
π
π
On Prayer
pref.2
also has a
twofold
mode
: [1]
one
active
; [2] the other
π
π
40
way
[lit: the
angelic
mode
].
π
π
model
KG
1.72
S1
fixes
for him a
model
in
order
that he
π
π
modify
KG
1.60
S2
yesterday
they
sat
and
modified
their
bills
.
However
, he
π
π
moment
Prak
13
the
man
who, a
moment
before, was being
carried
π
π
94
sailing
at this very
moment
, and they
lack
even
π
π
KG
3.56
S2
fruits
, by
hastening
every
moment
towards
βthe
tree
of
π
π
3.90
S2
from
contemplation
at the
moment
the
demons
resume
[their
π
π
monad
KG
1.49
S2
The
Monad
is not
moved
in
π
π
2.3
S2
the
knowledge
of the
Monad
and of the
Unity
π
π
3.1
S2
and the
former
as
Monad
and
Unity
. (Mt.11:27) (for
π
π
4.21
S2
the
gnostikoi
,
indicates
the
Monad
and the
Unity
.
π
π
Ep fid
7
material
and
circumscribed
nature
.
Monad
and
Unity
on the
π
π
monastery
Prak
5
laboring
at
virtue
in
monasteries
or
communities
they
arm
π
π
money
Prak
6
immorality
;
third
,
love
of
money
;
fourth
,
sadness
;
fifth
,
anger
π
π
9
Love
of
money
suggests
: a
long
old
π
π
97
it and
gave
the
money
to
feed
the
hungry
π
π
99
store
up
food
or
money
And the same
monk
π
π
Gn.
7
And, if he
lacks
money
, he will
shake
the
π
π
7
good
by
means
of
money
. This is what was
π
π
30
lies
not in
possessing
money
, but in
longing
for
π
π
monk
Prak
pref.1
habit
of the
Egyptian
monks
- for you
believe
it
π
π
7
gluttony
suggests
to the
monk
the
quick
abandonment
of
π
π
10
recovered
due
to the [
monk
's]
present
way
of
π
π
12
demons
. It
besets
the
monk
at about the
fourth
π
π
12
Then it
makes
the
monk
keep
looking
out of
π
π
12
anyone
has
upset
the
monk
recently
, the
demon
throws
π
π
12
the
remembrance
of the
monk
βs
family
and his
π
π
12
means
to
move
the
monk
to
abandon
his
cell
π
π
13
wanting
to
touch
the
monk
βs
clothes
. [4] It
prophesies
π
π
29
life
(
praktikotatos
),
said
, βThe
monk
ought
always
to be
π
π
29
acedia
and
makes
the
monk
more
zealous
, while the
π
π
31
shamelessly
and
shows
the
monk
how
great
his
virtues
π
π
36
the
point
of the
monk
βs
struggle
then is
π
π
44
in their
conflict
with
monks
, they
retire
for a
π
π
48
means
of
things
, but
monks
for the most
part
π
π
50
If any
monk
wishes
to
experience
of
π
π
57
pride
, which
capture
the
monk
when the other
demons
π
π
74
The
monk
βs
temptation
is in
π
π
75
The
monk
βs
sin
is his
π
π
head_9
Sayings
of
Holy
Monks
π
π
91
the
paths
of the
monks
who have
travelled
rightly
π
π
91
them
says
that a
monk
is
brought
more
quickly
π
π
95
One
of the
monks
was
told
of the
π
π
98
called
Maria
, and a
monk
lives
there,
one
of
π
π
98
is done by the
monks
is done for
one
π
π
99
Another
monk
said
, βI
cut
down
π
π
99
money
And the same
monk
said
, βI am not
π
π
Gn.
13
knower
to
speak
to
monks
and
seculars
concerning
a
π
π
35
Invite
the
monks
who come to you
π
π
Skemmata
50
and]
accompany
us as
monks
; others [with us as
π
π
Monks
title
To the
Monks
in
Cenobia
or
Communities
π
π
Ep
57.1
entered
the
rank
of
monks
that after the
death
π
π
On Prayer
44
to
pray
as a
monk
; it is
still
a
π
π
107
know
of another
similar
monk
who
lived
in a
π
π
108
lives
of the
Tabennesiote
monks
, where it
says
that
π
π
113
A
monk
becomes
equal
to the
π
π
121
Blessed
is the
monk
who
considers
himself the
π
π
122
Blessed
is the
monk
who
regards
every
human
π
π
123
Blessed
is the
monk
who
looks
upon the
π
π
124
A
monk
is
one
who is
π
π
125
A
monk
is
one
who
considers
π
π
127
to
pray
as a
monk
;
otherwise
you
vainly
affect
π
π
Exhortations to Monks
title
Exhortations
to
Monks
π
π
1.6
undisturbed
, even so a
monk
cannot
know
[his
innermost
π
π
Apophthegmata
6
this, it
leads
the
monk
rapidly
to the
threshhold
π
π
month
On Prayer
pref.3
For
week
after
week
,
month
after
month
,
year
after
π
π
pref.3
after
week
,
month
after
month
,
year
after
year
, [
time
π
π
moon
KG
3.52
S2
The
intelligible
β
moon
β is the
reasoning
nature
π
π
On Prayer
pref.3
movements
of
sun
and
moon
,
spring
and
summer
, and
π
π
moreover
KG
1.75
S2
knowledge
, and the
gold
,
moreover
, that
contains
the
stones
π
π
morning
Prak
12
hour
(10 am) of the
morning
,
encircling
his
soul
until
π
π
morsel
Monks
15.4
but
rather
eat
your
morsel
with him.
π
π
mortal
KG
1.58
S2
is
forgiveness
. And if "
mortal
" [
means
]
one
who is
π
π
1.63
S1
that they would be
mortal
or
immortal
, that is
π
π
1.63
S2
they are
immortal
or
mortal
depends
on their own
π
π
1.64
S2
such
death
is so
mortal
as to
naturally
extinguish
π
π
Ep
57.1
Since
you are
mortal
, you should not be
π
π
Ep fid
10
man
is
short-lived
and
mortal
. So we
understand
these
π
π
mortification
KG
4.72
S2
intelligible
trousers
are the
mortification
of the
concupiscible
part
π
π
6.38
S2
intelligible
cross
is
voluntary
mortification
of the
body
, which
π
π
6.40
S2
of
Christ
is the
mortification
of our
old
man
π
π
Exhortations to Monks
1.13
Eagerness
,
yearning
, and
bodily
mortification
cultivate
tears
, while
tears
π
π
Moses
Prak
38
indignation
; and
therefore
Holy
Moses
in his
natural
science
π
π
Gn.
46
of
Egypt
,
Athanasius
,
said
: "
Moses
received
the
command
to
π
π
KG
4.23
S2
Moses
and
Elijah
are not
π
π
4.23
S2
a
spiritual
body
himself - -
Moses
and
Elijah
on the
π
π
6.61
S2
the
saying
of
holy
Moses
, the
mediums
question
the
π
π
On Prayer
4
If
Moses
was
hindered
when he
π
π
mosquito
On Prayer
100
while [
yet
]
alarmed
by
mosquitoes
and
dung-beetles
? Have you
π
π
105
flea
, a
louse
a
mosquito
or a
carrion-fly
.
π
π
mother
Prak
pref.6
from
avarice
as the
mother
of
idolatry
π
π
96
him
eat
with his
mother
and
sisters
when he
π
π
KG
1.58
S2
live
justly
; and the
mother
of the
third
is
π
π
Skemmata
56
those [
arising
] from
father
,
mother
,
wife
, and
children
.
π
π
Ad virg.
2.1
Honor
your
mother
as the
mother
of
π
π
2.1
your
mother
as the
mother
of
Christ
,
π
π
3.1
the
daughters
of your
mother
,
π
π
Exhortations to Monks
1.2
Avarice
, the
mother
of
idolatry
is
brought
π
π
motion
KG
1.49
S1
itself
puts
itself in
motion
; but it is
put
π
π
1.49
S1
it is
put
in
motion
by the
receptivity
of
π
π
5.78
S2
put
our
passions
into
motion
; and they are
easily
π
π
mountain
Prak
pref.1
Scetis
from the
Holy
Mountain
,
dear
brother
Anatolius
,
demanding
π
π
KG
4.23
S2
and
Elijah
on the
mountain
?
π
π
5.6
S2
celestial
Jerusalem
and the
mountain
of
Zion
: now if
π
π
5.6
S2
Christ
have
approached
the
mountain
of
Zion
and the
π
π
5.21
S2
see
Jerusalem
and the
mountain
of
Sion
.
π
π
5.40
S2
The
intelligible
mountain
is
spiritual
contemplation
placed
π
π
5.88
S2
or it is the
mountain
of
Zion
,
summit
of
π
π
Ep
57.4
is
written
, βYou
approached
Mount
Zion
, and the
city
π
π
mourning
On Prayer
5
that by
means
of
mourning
(
penthos
) you may be
π
π
79
be
take
pleasure
in
mourning
,
calling
yourself,
like
Isaiah
π
π
mouth
Gn.
32
Close
your
mouth
to those who
slander
π
π
KG
1.68
S1
the
intermediaries
by the
mouth
, and the
last
the
π
π
1.68
S2
the
second
through the
mouth
.
π
π
2.35
S1
the
palate
of his
mouth
delights
in them;by
π
π
2.35
S2
the
nose
, and the
mouth
receives
the
flavor
of
π
π
Ad virg.
15.1
Open
your
mouth
with the
word
of
π
π
Ep fid
3
mean
Gregory
,
Christ
βs
mouth
.
Give
me,
therefore
, I
π
π
33
the
breath
of His
mouth
.β Again,
man
is
created
π
π
mouthful
Prak
16
thankful
for a
mere
mouthful
. It is
satiety
which
π
π
move
Prak
pref.3
from this,
anything
that
moves
us to do
good
π
π
12
slow
down or
stop
moving
, so that the
day
π
π
12
every
[
possible
]
means
to
move
the
monk
to
abandon
π
π
43
tempting
-]
thoughts
begin
to
move
their own
particular
matter
π
π
48
something
which is
easily
moved
, and
hard
to
hold
π
π
71
The
demonic
songs
move
our
desire
and
throw
π
π
Gn.
5
knowledge
yet
is
easily
moved
to
anger
is
like
π
π
KG
1.49
S2
The
Monad
is not
moved
in itself:
rather
, it
π
π
1.49
S2
itself:
rather
, it is
moved
by the
receptivity
of
π
π
1.53
S2
called
]
animals
; those who
move
desire
[are
called
]
beasts
π
π
3.78
S1
Indeed
, we can not
move
closer
to
God
's
π
π
4.67
S1
The
sensible
things
move
the
soul
to
make
π
π
4.67
S1
as the
intelligible
intellections
move
the
nous
to
make
π
π
4.67
S2
soul
through the
senses
move
it in
order
to
π
π
5.27
S2
epithumia
, when it is
moved
irrationally
,
hides
visible
objects
π
π
6.21
S2
it is
difficult
to
move
it
towards
evil
.
π
π
6.25
S2
demons
are
unable
to
move
[
tempting
-]
thoughts
against the
π
π
6.46
S2
is the
praktike
soul
moved
by the
commandments
of
π
π
6.48
S2
pure
nous
which is
moved
by
spiritual
knowledge
.
π
π
Skemmata
13
that has
fallen
[lit.
moved
] through
passion
secretly
says
π
π
22
The
mind
sometimes
moves
from
one
thought
to
π
π
22
also [
times
] when it
moves
from an
imageless
state
π
π
48
from the
fallen
[lit. β
moved
β]
soul
, while others
arise
π
π
59
fallen
passions
, some are
moved
by
memory
, others by
π
π
On Prayer
10
of these
things
and
move
the
nous
to
seek
π
π
12
vengeance
on your
enemy
moves
you to
anger
or
π
π
45
you, it will,
instead
,
move
you to the
knowledge
π
π
47
It does not
cease
[1]
moving
thoughts
(
noemata
) of
matters
π
π
51
allow
[the
nous
] to
move
rationally
and to
seek
π
π
69
demon
is
unable
to
move
the
memory
during
prayer
π
π
75
within
us
cease
, and
moves
the
light
of the
π
π
78
how
far
you have
moved
from
God
, when you
π
π
106
thighs
and would not
move
away until [the
holy
π
π
107
Great
- who
remained
without
moving
from his [
intimate
]
communion
π
π
116
it the
nous
is
moved
to
try
to
circumscribe
π
π
142
yearning
to
pray
has
moved
from what is here
π
π
movement
Prak
11
a
boiling
up and
movement
of
indignation
(
thumos
) against
π
π
40
ignorant
. Thus in their
movements
against us they
prevent
π
π
47
we
utter
or some
movement
of the
body
; by
π
π
51
they
almost
overtake
the
movement
of your
mind
the
π
π
55
during
sleep
the
natural
movements
of the
body
occur
π
π
Gn.
18
the
nous
and its
movements
. [2] If it is
pertains
π
π
KG
1.50
S1
the
second
beings
is
movement
π
π
1.50
S2
first
beings
; and the
movement
is
older
than
second
π
π
1.51
S1
Movement
is the
cause
of
π
π
1.51
S2
THE
movement
is the
cause
of
π
π
1.51
S1
cause
of these is
movement
π
π
1.51
S2
of these is the
movement
.
π
π
2.87
S2
Temporal
is the
movement
of
bodies
, but
timeless
π
π
3.22
S2
The
first
movement
of the
logikoi
is
π
π
3.31
S1
to
say
what the
movement
of the
nous
is
π
π
4.22
S2
the
virtues
the
bestial
movements
of the
soul
, so
π
π
5.23
S2
The
multiform
movement
and the
various
passions
π
π
5.24
S2
logoi
that
concern
the
movement
and
providence
.
π
π
6.19
S2
ascent
away from (the)
movement
and away from
vice
π
π
6.20
S2
Before the
movement
,
God
was
good
,
powerful
π
π
6.20
S2
and
omnipotent
; after the
movement
, he has become
creator
π
π
6.36
S2
the
initiator
of the
movement
; and at the
beginning
π
π
6.75
S2
there
took
place
the
movement
of
freedom
, the
beneficial
π
π
6.75
S2
judgement
, and again the
movement
of
freedom
,
providence
, the
π
π
6.75
S2
is
interposed
between the
movement
of
freedom
and the
π
π
6.85
S2
reasoning
nature
before the
movement
.
π
π
Skemmata
9
contemplative
nous
: through the
movements
of
irascibility
it
hunts
π
π
On Prayer
pref.3
we
see
in the
movements
of
sun
and
moon
π
π
12
and
immediately
the
lawless
movement
of your
soul
will
π
π
90
be
quicker
than the
movement
and
watchfulness
of your
π
π
mi
mu
π
ab
ac
ad
af
ag
ai
al
am
an
ap
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au
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coe
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coh
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col
com
conc
cond
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cong
conj
conn
conq
cons
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conv
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cop
cor
cou
cov
cow
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dec
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def
deg
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del
dem
den
dep
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des
det
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di
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du
dw
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ei
el
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eq
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ex
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fa
fe
fi
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fo
fr
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gi
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