"364. Εἶπέν τις τῶν πατέρων ὅτι οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ τοῦ χοίρου, φυσικῶς ἔχουσι τὴν πλάσιν, ὥστε ἀνάγκῃ νεύειν εἰς τὴν γῆν, μηδέποτε δὲ δύνασθαι ἀνανεῦσαι2 εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν. Οὕτως, φησί, καὶ τοῦ ταῖς ἡδοναῖς ἐγγλυκανθέντος ἡ ψυχή, ἅπαξ κατολισθήσασα πρὸς τὸν τῆς ἡδυπαθείας βόρβορον, ἀνανεῦσαι ἀδυνατεῖ."

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One of the fathers said: “The eyes of a pig have a natural tendency that forces them to turn towards the ground and never be able to look up to heaven. It is the same, he said, for the soul of the person who is addicted to pleasure. Once it has slipped into the quagmire of enjoyment, it is incapable of looking up.”