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study of the world of moral virtue and justice.
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He repeatedly maintains
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that the path he has taken
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is not of his own choosing
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but the result of a divine command.
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He is under some kind of divine edict
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and it is precisely
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his devotion to this divine command
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to this particular kind of calling
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that has led him to neglect his worldly affairs.
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He reminds, at various points,
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the audience of his extreme poverty,