Quod Herculem olim poetae memorant monstra illa immania hominum ac ferarum virtute subegisse orbemque terrae purgasse, similiter adversum iracundiam et invidiam atque avaritiam atque libidinem ceteraque animi humani monstra et flagitia philosophus iste Hercules fuit: eas omnes pestes mentibus exegit, familias purgavit, malitiam perdomuit, seminudus et ipse et clava insignis, etiam Thebis oriundus, unde Herculem fuisse memoria exstat.
Just as poets say that Hercules once subdued those fearsome monsters, both human and animal, by his courage, and cleared the face of the earth, in the same way he was a Hercules against anger, jealousy, avarice, lust, and the other monsters and iniquities of the human heart. He drove all those sicknesses from peoples minds, cleaned households, subdued malice. He too was half-naked and conspicuous for his club, and moreover he was a native of Thebes, which tradition names as Hercules birthplace.
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