And if a man also competes as an athlete, yet is he not crowned, unless he strives lawfully.
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Gregory of Nyssa
AD 394
How can there be a lawful contest if there is no opponent? If there is no opponent, there is no crown. Victory does not exist by itself, without there being a defeated party. .
