Aquinas gives a hint at the answer when he suggests the cure for acedia: “to repel this [acedia], the wise man advises in Ecclesiasticus (6, 26), ‘Bow down thy shoulder, and bear her (wisdom), and be not grieved (accedieris) with her bands.’”18 If acedia is repelled by accepting the bands or bonds of wisdom, then it is welcomed by refusing to give up one’s lightness—inordinate love of freedom and acedia seem to go together.
