"578. Εἶπεν πάλιν· Ἄνθρωπος γευσάμενος τῆς γλυκύτητος τῆς ἀκτημοσύνης βαρεῖται καὶ εἰς αὐτὸ τὸ ἱμάτιον ὃ φορεῖ, καὶ εἰς τὸ βαυκάλιον τοῦ ὕδατος· ὁ γὰρ νοῦς αὐτοῦ λοιπὸν ἀλλαχοῦ ἀδολεσχεῖ."

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Again he said: “A man who has tasted the sweetness of indifference to possessions [aktêmosynê] is even weighed down by the garment he is wearing and the jar of water, for his mind is occupied elsewhere.”