Consider that this corruptible world is a cave. Here the righteous live like earthly angels, while the deceitful live like reptiles nested in this so‑called cave, committing very many injustices and causing very many sufferings to the blessed men. If, therefore, through their coexistence, and through the patience and counsel of the righteous, the animal‑like people should ever be transformed into human way of life, congratulations to them. But if they remain uncorrected until their death, they will suffer a twofold punishment in the future. One punishment because, instead of virtue, they embraced evil, and another because neither through their coexistence with the righteous nor through their counsel did they wish to become better.
The People of the Cave
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