The Stoic last in Philosophic pride, [ 300 ]
By him call'd vertue; and his vertuous man
Wise, perfect in himself

from John Milton (Ft. Luke & Matthew) – Paradise Regain'd, Book 4 on Rap Genius

The Stoics got a lot right, but they failed to understand that virtue without the grace of God is worth nothing; no man can be “perfect in himself,” without God

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