If contemporary man is aware that he both benefits from technological civilization and also exploits the world in unnatural ways, he nevertheless seeks to lead a more genuine way of life. These established facts have a direct bearing on his life. The more man gives himself over to immoderation and enslaves himself to his passions, the more pressing becomes his need to govern his desires and feelings, as well as to move beyond immoderation in the freedom of the Holy Spirit. The Church Fathers