Letter 169
Nilus of Ancyra→Aemenius|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To Aemenius the Monk.
The practice of the virtues procures the blessedness that is in the heavens, a blessedness neither utterable by speech, nor apprehensible by the mind, nor containable by thought.
Ἡ τῶν ἀρετῶν μέθοδος τὴν ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς μα-
καριότητα προξενεῖ, τὴν οὔτε λόγῳ ῥητήν, οὔτε νῷ
ληπτήν, οὔτε ἐννοίᾳ χωρητήν.
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To Aemenius the Monk.
The practice of the virtues procures the blessedness that is in the heavens, a blessedness neither utterable by speech, nor apprehensible by the mind, nor containable by thought.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek below for scholarly use.
Latin / Greek Original
Ἡ τῶν ἀρετῶν μέθοδος τὴν ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς μα-
καριότητα προξενεῖ, τὴν οὔτε λόγῳ ῥητήν, οὔτε νῷ
ληπτήν, οὔτε ἐννοίᾳ χωρητήν.
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- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
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