# Liber de philosophorum sectis (epitome ap. Stobaeum) 2.1

Arius Didymus, Liber de philosophorum sectis (epitome ap. Stobaeum), Section 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/arius-didymus/liber-de-philosophorum-sectis-epitome-ap-stobaeum/2.1

Ξενοφάνους πρώτου λόγος ἦλθεν εἰς τοὺς Ἕλληνας, ἄξιος γραφῆς, ἅμα παιδιᾷ τάς γε τῶν ἄλλων τόλμας ἐπιπλήττοντος, καὶ τὴν αὐτοῦ παριστάντος εὐλάβειαν, ὡς ἄρα θεὸς μὲν οἶδε τὴν ἀλήθειαν, « δόκος δ’ ἐπὶ πᾶσι τέτυκται. » Ἡ μὲν γὰρ φιλοσοφία θήρα τῆς ἀληθείας ἐστὶ καὶ ὄρεξις καὶ τῶν συγχορευτριῶν καὶ τῆς πρὸς αὐτὰς συμφωνίας, φησίν. Εἰ δὲ ναύτην ἢ στρατιώτην θεωρεῖς, πότερον ὁ ἄνθρωπος αὐτὸς ἑαυτῷ πεποιῆσθαί σοι δοκεῖ, ἢ πρὸς κοινωνίαν; πρὸς κοινωνίαν. Ὑπὸ τίνος; Ὑπὸ τῆς φύσεως. Τίνος οὔσης καὶ πῶς; Διοικούσης τὰ ὅλα. Καὶ πότερον οὔσης ἢ μή; Ταῦτα οὐκ ἔτι ἀναγκαῖον πολυπραγμονεῖν.

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Arius Didymus, Liber de philosophorum sectis (epitome ap. Stobaeum), ed. Friedrich Wilhelm August Mullach. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0529.tlg002.local001/.