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St. Augustine
On Christian Doctrine
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BOOK I. - Containing a General View of the Subjects Treated in Holy Scripture
chap. 24. No man hates his own flesh, not even those who abuse it
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chap
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24
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No
man
hates
his
own
flesh
,
not
even
those
who
abuse
it
No
man
,
then
,
hates
himself
.
On
this
point
,
indeed
,
no
question
was
ever
raised
by
any
sect
.
But
neither
does
any
man
hate
his
own
body
.
For
the
apostle
says
truly
, "
No
man
ever
yet
hated
his
own
flesh
."
And
when
some
people
say
that
they
would
rather
be
without
a
body
altogether
,
they
entirely
deceive
themselves
.
For
it
is
not
their
body
,
but
its
corruptions
and
its
heaviness
,
that
they
hate
.
And
so
it
is
not
no
body
,
but
an
uncorrupted
and
very
light
body
,
that
they
want
.
But
they
think
a
body
of
that
kind
would
be
no
body
at
all
,
because
they
think
such
a
thing
as
that
must
be
a
spirit
.
And
as
to
the
fact
that
they
seem
in
some
sort
to
scourge
their
bodies
by
abstinence
and
toil
,
those
who
do
this
in
the
right
spirit
do
it
not
that
they
may
get
rid
of
their
body
,
but
that
they
may
have
it
in
subjection
and
ready
for
every
needful
work
.
For
they
strive
by
a
kind
of
toilsome
exercise
of
the
body
itself
to
root
out
those
lusts
that
are
hurtful
to
the
body
,
that
is
,
those
habits
and
affections
of
the
soul
that
lead
to
the
enjoyment
of
unworthy
objects
.
They
are
not
destroying
themselves
;
they
are
taking
care
of
their
health
.
Those
,
on
the
other
hand
,
who
do
this
in
a
perverse
spirit
,
make
war
upon
their
own
body
as
if
it
were
a
natural
enemy
.
And
in
this
matter
they
are
led
astray
by
a
mistaken
interpretation
of
what
they
read
: "
The
flesh
lusteth
against
the
spirit
,
and
the
spirit
against
the
flesh
,
and
these
are
contrary
the
one
to
the
other
."
For
this
is
said
of
the
carnal
habit
yet
unsubdued
,
against
which
the
spirit
lusteth
,
not
to
destroy
the
body
,
but
to
eradicate
the
lust
of
the
body
i.e.
,
its
evil
habit
and
thus
to
make
it
subject
to
the
spirit
,
which
is
what
the
order
of
nature
demands
.
For
as
,
after
the
resurrection
,
the
body
,
having
become
wholly
subject
to
the
spirit
,
will
live
in
perfect
peace
to
all
eternity
;
even
in
this
life
we
must
make
it
an
object
to
have
the
carnal
habit
changed
for
the
better
,
so
that
its
inordinate
affections
may
not
war
against
the
soul
.
And
until
this
shall
take
place
, "
the
flesh
lusteth
against
the
spirit
,
and
the
spirit
against
the
flesh
;"
the
spirit
struggling
,
not
in
hatred
,
but
for
the
mastery
,
because
it
desires
that
what
it
loves
should
be
subject
to
the
higher
principle
;
and
the
fleshy
struggling
,
not
in
hatred
,
but
because
of
the
bondage
of
habit
which
it
has
derived
from
its
parent
stock
,
and
which
has
grown
in
upon
it
by
a
law
of
nature
till
it
has
become
inveterate
.
The
spirit
,
then
,
in
subduing
the
flesh
,
is
working
as
it
were
to
destroy
the
ill
founded
peace
of
an
evil
habit
,
and
to
bring
about
the
real
peace
which
springs
out
of
a
good
habit
.
Nevertheless
,
not
even
those
who
,
led
astray
by
false
notions
,
hate
their
bodies
would
be
prepared
to
sacrifice
one
eye
,
even
supposing
they
could
do
so
without
suffering
any
pain
,
and
that
they
had
as
much
sight
left
in
one
as
they
formerly
had
in
two
,
unless
some
object
was
to
be
attained
which
would
overbalance
the
loss
.
This
and
other
indications
of
the
same
kind
are
sufficient
to
show
those
who
candidly
seek
the
truth
how
well-founded
is
the
statement
of
the
apostle
when
he
says
, "
No
man
ever
yet
hated
his
own
flesh
."
He
adds
too
, "
but
nourisheth
and
cherisheth
it
,
even
as
the
Lord
the
Church
".
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