Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes feast in the morning!
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Isaac of Syria
AD 700
Our intellect is not brought into submission unless our body is subject to it. The kingship of the intellect is the crucifixion of the body. The intellect is not subject to God unless the free will is subject to reason. It is hard to convey anything sublime to one who is still a beginner, and an infant in stature. “Woe to thee, O city, when thy king is a child!” Ascetical Homilies
