The
fourth enemy is the pursuit of our own satisfaction in everything.
Savior of my soul! What’s that? Isn’t it true that we seek self,
without even thinking about it? We flatter ourselves and don't oppose
nature, which has no other aim than its own
satisfaction. In the
name of God, remember that
we have
to combat this vice by mortification, which doesn’t seek its
pleasures from either the external or interior senses. (22 August
1659; SV XII, 260)
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