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“The first renunciation is that of material things, the second that of the passions, the third that of ignorance.”
+ St. Thalassios the Libyan, “On Love, Self-Control and Life in Accordance with the Intellect,” 3.23, The Philokalia: The Complete Text (Vol. 2)