Miscellanies 4.26.163

Unreasonably, then, do those run down the formation of man and speak ill of the body, not seeing that man's structure was made upright for the contemplation of heaven, that the organs of the senses contribute to knowledge, and that the limbs and parts are fitted for the good, not for pleasure. Hence this dwelling becomes able to receive the soul, most precious to God, and is counted worthy of the Holy Spirit through the sanctification of soul and body, perfected by the Savior's equipping. And indeed the mutual implication of the three virtues is found in the man who knows, dealing with the divine ethically, physically, and logically. For wisdom is knowledge of divine and human things, justice the harmony of the parts of the soul, and holiness the service of God. And if someone should say that the flesh, and through it birth, is slandered, citing Isaiah: “All flesh is grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass; the grass withered and the flower fell; but the word of the Lord remains forever,” let him hear the Spirit interpreting the question through Jeremiah: “And I scattered them like brushwood blown by the wind into the desert.