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The scourging of the flesh may be needed by, and may help, those who find their overheated passions and lusts get out of hand. But it will not end these troubles of man, even though it may tame them for a time. Something more must be added, or must replace them--first, knowledge; second, work on the process of attention.

-- Notebooks Category 6: Emotions and Ethics > Chapter 4 : Purify Passions > # 52