men through sin choose to enslave themselves to things which the divine law made subject to them when they act rightly. For what is it to look upon things beneath yourself as desirable and worthy of admiration, but to be deceived and led astray by false goods? Concerning mortal and transitory things, then, the temperate man has this rule of life which is confirmed by both Testaments: he must love none of them nor look upon them as desirable for their own sake, but he must utilize them, in the measure